Word: juggler
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That is the point of the whole thing. Any playwright who must get his laughs from a revolver explosion, a smear of lipstick on the temple, and a fall on a couch that looks like a juggler getting ready to spin a barrel on his feet is no safe playmate for even the best stockcompany. It is to be supposed that at least two happy couples were united before the play closed: thereof the chronicler telleth not. In fact, he is thinking of writing a book called "Third Acts, by one who has never been there...
...Bryan is beyond doubt a very clever man, and in some ways as powerful a speaker as one could expect to hear. But last Friday evening he seemed essentially an expert juggler of fallacies. His reasoning was hollow. However eloquently it was presented, its convincing power wears off the more one thinks of it. His three main accusations against the Theory of Evolution were that it was silly, a mere guess, and a menace towards the Christian Religion...
...whose sleight of hand tricks have been a great success at concerts this season, has caused the clubs to be on the lookout for a man with a specialty vaudeville act which will add to the variety of their performances. A good sleight of hand trickster or an expert juggler is especially what the clubs are looking...
...fact is that no woman has ever produced an immortal picture; also that a number of women in every century have produced very creditable ones. Penelope of Mytelene won fame with her character sketch of Theodosius, the Juggler. Pliny praised the paintings of Eirene. In Bruges, when the Van Eycks were teaching the world how to paint in oils, Margaretha, their sister, worked as their equal. Even in 17th Century France, age of the precieuse in living and painting, there were a number of women adept in the academic art of the period. A few years ago, Rosa Bonheur painted...
...following is the program announced for tonight's Pops Concert at 8.15 o'clock in Symphony Hall: Coronation March from "The Prophet", Meyerbeer Overture to "Mignon", Thomas Waltz, "1001 Nights", Strauss Fantasia, "The Juggler of Notre Dame", Massenet Finale, Fourth Symphony, Tschaikowsky Largo, Handel Solo Violin, Harp, Organ and Strings Gypsy Dance from "Carmen", Bizet Overture to "Die Meistersinger", Wagner Fantasia, "Cavalleria Rusticana" (with organ), Mascagni Waltz, "La Barcarole", Waldteufel Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor, Brahms