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...said Mr. Nathan solemnly, "I actually believe they mean...
...fascinating "Conquest of Mexico." Prescott dwelt on the semi-barbaric culture of the Aztecs. He failed to stress the fact that the Mayas had an older and higher civilization, and to this day, if you speak of "ruined cities in Mexico," the average layman will respond. "Oh, yes, you mean the Aztecs." The fact is that the Mayas were far superior to the Aztecs in art, in science, in most of the refinements which make what we loosely call civilization...
...State and district offices" shall be filled by the executive, says a law of North Dakota. Accordingly the governor of that state, to fill a vacancy in the Senate, appointed Gerald P. Nye as Senator, although North Dakota statutes do not ordinarily mean Congressional offices by the term "State . . . offices." Worst of all the governor did not consult his legislature, as the Federal Constitution provides, in making the appointment...
...claimed for Shaw that he is the only celebrated European who has not succumbed to the lure of a speaking tour in the United States. Deep down in his heart he would probably enjoy nothing so much as a trip to these shores. Such a trip would mean at least a couple of new plays. "But why come to America?" one can imagine Shaw saying to himself. "Columbus did it first...
...several odd hundred people. To aftain that end all the necessary seriousness of rehearsals and first performances must be dropped when the show gets under way. To be gay and light and charming any musical production must be spontaneous, or apparently so. For plot and lines and motif mean little or nothing when set to music and fast dancing steps. The four principals in "The School for Seandal" have not hampered their abilities at burlesque with any painful amateurish stage consclousness. To Messrs, Grossman, Crosby, Morgan, and Rammum we are indebted for an enjoyable evening...