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...make us a glorious ally of the Entente. Naturally, this step will give a certain amount of moral support to the Allies, but real war is not composed of moral support alone. The man who stands with arms folded while his brother is struggling to throw off a madman might as well not exist. He may have the best wishes in the world for his brother's safety, but what good is he? America must regard the declaration of war as the overture to a tremendous movement of preparedness activity. First the army and navy, and then all our financial...
...general outbreak of insanity. This being, apparently, his view, Mr. Russell can hardly complain of his own treatment by the British Government; he must admit that, being in a madhouse, it is natural that the inmates, who regard themselves as sane, should after their fashion treat him as a madman. To escape the rigid supervision of the authorities in time of war, a philosopher would have to detach himself not merely from the point of view of his countrymen, but from that of the planet on which he lives, and go to live not, perhaps, on Mars, but on some...
...Waspe, the long-suffering man servant and brought down the house in the amusing stock scene by his clever acting while effecting his escape from the stocks. F. A. Wilmot '10 shared with him the applause of the comic scenes at the fair. The difficult role of a madman was extremely well rendered by R. H. Smith '10, and H. P. Breed '08 and C. W. Burton '08 impersonated Ursula, the pigwoman, and her tapster, Mooncalf, with a vigor and sincerity which was decidedly realistic. A pleasing feature of the performance was a clever ballad, sung by R. M. Middlemass...
...discloses him in the stocks where he finds Justice Overdo and Waspe, who has been sent there for fighting. The stupid watchmen get into a fight with a harmless madman, and the distinguished culprits escape. This act is further enlivened by a fight between two gallants, Quarlous and Winwife, for the hand of Grace Wellborn...
...sketches of "Girls," by A. C. Train. They are not all equally good, but the worst is far from bad, and one or two of them are delightful. Their vividness is in striking contrast with the rather vague picture called up by P. L. Shaw's verses on "The Madman," which follow closely...