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...same heavenly creature and that her name is Venus, the reason may be that our calendar is based upon the career of a larger and more obvious body called the sun. An ancient Maya of Central America and southern Mexico had not this excuse for ignorance concerning the loveliest of the stars, because the calendar devised by his ingenious priests was a Venus calendar; any knowing citizen of that remarkable civilization was aware that five Venus years were practically equivalent to eight sun years, that eight days elapsed between the last appearance of Hesperus in the west and the first...
...Secretary. Norma Shearer, now an accepted star in the Metro firmament, spends the first part of this picture looking homely and the last part her loveliest. In the homely part she is a stenographer; later she marries one of the firm. The first part is amusing and the second fairly dull, if indeed peering at the gorgeous countenance of Miss Shearer is ever dull...
...play is not particularly good. Handicapped by its star, it makes mediocre entertainment. Mr. Blackmer makes the dent a pillow might if fired from a cannon instead of solid shot. The presence of Martha Bryan Allen, loveliest of our younger actresses, is a vast pictorial advantage...
With Deodata, now the detached Arachne (weaver) of the society, who is exquisite to behold and like himself a product of the Dark Continent (Europe), he sets sail from He des Dames to seek the high destiny predicted in his horoscope at birth. One of his loveliest daughters pursues him into the very waves, frantically lashing her zebu bull...
...feeblest and most timid of the old ladies. In her loneliness, she caught at the brave cheerfulness of Mrs. Amorest for solace and protection. Years ago, Miss Beringer had had six months of perfect happiness. That was the period of her friendship with Jane, the greatest and loveliest thing in her life. All that remained to her of Jane now was a piece of red amber?a gift which she cherished above all else in the world...