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...about, as everybody knows already. Mr. Charles E. Hecht, an English food expert, says that indigestion has finally been found to be the cause of nearly half of all human illness. But still more interesting, he believes that "eating has a specific social reaction." For example, the actor Charles Kean declared that when he was playing the part of a tyrant he ate pork; when he was playing a murderer, he ate beef, and when he was playing a martyr he ate mutton. The moral is clearly to avoid beef...
...Drury Lane Theatre, London, the management announced that, despite the praise of critics, Ned Kean of Old Drury-a play depicting the struggles and triumphs of the famous actor, Edmund Kean-would be withdrawn in a few days, as the support from the public, while enthusiastic, was small-too small. H. A. Saintsbury, the principal actor, was about to speak when a white-haired old gentleman stood up in the stalls. He said he had never missed a Drury Lane production for 50 years. The audience told him to sit down; he refused. "I'm so sorry," he continued...
...Richard Kean, in excerpts from famous plays, gave impersonations of richard Mansfield, as Shylock, in the Rialto scene from the "Merchant of Venice", and John Barrymore in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", and then gave his own act as "Peter and Miser." Although the scenes were well done they lacked completeness and the necessary accompanying atmosphere to give satisfaction...
...front line, with the casualty lists mounting daily. They can not turn back until their work is done. Our dollars must not turn back. KEAN, TAYLOR & COMPANY...
...Brooks, C. F. Choate, 3d, R. C. Cobb, T. J. Coolidge, D. C. Cottrell, H. DeFord, Jr., E. S. Draper, T. J. D. Fuller, Jr., R. T. Gannett, R. Gray S. E. Guild, Jr., L. Hemenway, C. Herter, A. O. Hoyt, J. Hutchins, H. Jackson, Jr., R. W. Kean, E. F. A. Morgan, W. C. Paine, H. Parkman, Jr., G. H. Shaw, D. R. Sigourney, S. W. Skinner, H. St.J. Smith, T. W. Storrow, S. Thorndike, R. Tower, P. B. Watson, F. Wigglesworth...