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...chief parts are in the hands of very competent and way-wise actors: F. M. Eaton '27, as the leading man, and therefore the Plot, is personable and easy: J. C. MacDonald '26, is an agreeable lepidopterist (a lepidopterist just makes the glasses he doesn't test your eyes: not allowed to by law, or some-thing); J. H. Wright '25, is apparently a butler, but when he lays hold of an ukulele and sings with Mr. Wilson, or when he does a neat step-dance with Mr. Wilson, J. H. Wright '27 is as admirable as Crichton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hollister Finds "Laugh It Off" Great Success--Says Dancing and Acting of Wilson Feature Pudding Show | 4/16/1925 | See Source »

...find Leonard Merrick treating of miscegenation is something of a shock, like seeing an amiable young lepidopterist drop his butterfly net and go in for heavyweight pugilism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Invisible Woman* | 12/15/1924 | See Source »

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