Word: metropolitanism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Right Reverend W. H. Sedgwick Minister of the Metropolitan United Church at Toronto, Ontario, will conduct the service in Appleton Chapel tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock...
...metropolitan newspaper yesterday declared that there was a law forbidding a Radcliffe student to walk home from Harvard Square with a gentleman if there was a full moon. A statement from more official Radcliffe sources branded this report as so much moonshine...
...Tell It To Sweeney", the Conklin-Bancroft opus at the Metropolitan this week, depicts the trials and tribulations of two temperamental throttle pushers at a rapid tempo. "Come on, Salome, get hot," shouts Cannon-Ball Casey, engineer de. luxe, to his sawed-off but antagonistic fireman, Luke Beamish, who blows off quite as much steam as either the classy "Oriole Limited" or the relic of the Gay Nineties, the "Isobel." And between "the greatest mistake since Vesuvius" and the little "pipesqueale" there materializes enough excitement to keep the two locomotives "throttle up" throughout most of the picture and the audience...
However, if the picture is exceptional this week, the stage attractions at the Metropolitan are more than distinctive in comparison with the ordinary run. "Flyin' High" is as successful a number based upon the flight of Captain Lindbergh as has been attained, which is not saying very much. The Greater Metropolitan Stage Orchestra under the direction of Gene Rodemich is the center of attraction with some grotesque looking imitation airplanes and a chorus of bespangled aviatrixes for atmosphere. Dances by a genial young person, Jerry by name, and "a couple of collegians from East Boston...
...addition, there are the innumerable organ renditions, traveloques and what nots which never fail to obscure the Metropolitan's main presentation and annoy the audience with their infinite variety. However, this week the entertainment is as balanced and stimulating as even the most critical would expect