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...discuss home "fundamental principles and ideals." He plunged into a series of generalities such as "the march of progress," "great constructive measures," and "an economic and social system, vastly more intricate and delicately adjusted than ever before" (one of his most frequent phrases). He spoke also of attempts "to inject the Government into business in competition with its citizens." And he spoke of "the American system...
...plot, as is usual, is not of great import, but what there is of it concerns the love of a Crinoline Girl for the Prince of Wales of that era. Raymond Hitchcock, who must date from at least 1860 himself, makes frantic and exceedingly long-winded attempts to inject humor into the proceedings. At times he succeeds admirably, but for the most part the humorous stretches are too long, and consequently far too thin...
...Quincy, Mass., last week, one Benjamin F. Earl, argued that to inject anti-rabies serum into dogs was cruel and needless because, he believed, there was no such disease as rabies. Dogs clubbed to death or shot as "mad" suffered only from distemper or a similar relatively mild disease. To establish his belief he offered to let any rabid dog bite him. No rabid dog was handy; no experimenter callous enough to jeopardize Theorist Earl's life...
There is, it is true, a very inane but very amusing ditty called "Leander" and this, aided by the antics of the juvenile loads, manages to inject a great deal of life into the second act. But not even "Leander" can quite compensate for some turgid emotionalizing on the part of the plump and mature prima donna who by dint of some rapid fire acrobatics falls swooning into the hero's arms just as the curtain is lowered on polite but not too frenzied applause. And the hero--well, the hero is handicapped by the royal trousers, which were built...
...inject into your "Newsmagazine" all the stuff that some of these amusement maniacs crave for. then you may keep your magazine to yourself, as far as I and a large number of like-minded are concerned...