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...Another English revue is upon us. Managers have been gazing enviously at the grossly successful show of Mr. Chariot and laying plans how to borrow shares of his gold and glory. By the Way is a London success of many months and employs two principal British entertainers, Jack Hulbert and Cecily Courtneidge. It is terribly, terribly English, and for the first half very good fun. The second act fails to sustain the brisk supply of sketch and song. There is the usual British reticence in the matter of glowing scenery and costumes encrusted with emeralds. The piece has personality rather...
...then adjourned for lunch. San Francisco had bid $200,000 to Manhattan's $150,000. The other contesting cities were Chicago and St. Louis. After lunch the Committee reassembled. Each of the cities was allowed 25 minutes to present its case. Manhattan was last in order. Acting Mayor Hulbert said: "We have grown to be a cosmopolitan city of 6,000,000 people." Judge O'Brien said: "We are prepared to increase our offer by $55,000, which makes the cash offer $205,000." (Swope had been goading the wealthy and public-spirited Rick-The Committee took three roll calls...
...gold and silver loving cups from the Board of Directors, the other artists of the company and music lovers of New York; good wishes engraved on parchment from the Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate Company; a gold match box and cigarette case from the Metropolitan Opera Club. Acting Mayor Hulbert presented a flag of the City of New York...
Assembled at Detroit, the Amateur Athletic Union of the U. S. re-elected William C. Prout of Boston as President. Election was unanimous after Verne Lacey of St. Louis and Murray Hulbert (Acting Mayor of New York City) withdrew from the lists...
Under the title, "The Making of the American Republic," Doubleday, Page & Company has just published a popular history of the United States by Archer Butler Hulbert. Professor Hulbert confesses at the outset that he is an optimist, a sincere disbeliever in the theory that the evil men do lives after them. He introduces the tricksters and rogues who play a part in the narrative of the countrys progress only when a knowledge of them is essential to a correct historical perspective. His hope is to show that the national difficulties of today and to-morrow are no more intricate...