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...drastically with the old favorite stock-characters, and only gradually deprived them of the monopoly of the stage, by relegating them mostly to minor parts. He abolished, however, the element of improvisation. In the main, Goldoni was successful with his innovations, experiencing less opposition from his audiences than from jealous rivals...
...DEAD, WOMAN SHOT IN JEALOUS...
...International League of Red Cross Societies (headquarters in Paris). The former was founded on the Geneva convention of 1864 (now replaced by the Convention of 1906). The latter organization was founded in 1919 by the late Henry P. Davison. The Geneva or International Red Cross is reputed to be jealous of the preponderating influence played by the American Red Cross in the League of Red Cross Societies-an influence which the Geneva Red Cross apparently finds inimical to its own prestige. It is also reputed to be jealous of the superior business efficiency of the American Red Cross. M. Ador...
...childhood as charming as they are unsentimental and vivid. She dreaded having to ride the elephant in the Zoo-milk-pudding: she loathed, and still remembers with despair the would-be jocular visitors who greeted her with, "Shall I cut your curls off?" or " Are you jealous of your little brother...
Lucky escape. Then Martin Devlin came along. He looked like Eugene O'Brien; (cinema idol); his "masterful wooing" just swept her off her feet. The jealous wife of her boss made her business position impossible. She married Martin. The marriage lasted four years. Martin was extravagant?too good a spender ?his ideas of marriage and Jeannette's didn't jibe?he wanted children?she said they couldn't afford them?she missed her independence. The break came, when, at last, she went back...