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Died. Dr. Alfred Einstein Cohn, 78, heart specialist who introduced the electrocardiogram to the U.S. (1910), member of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920-44), and noted essayist (Minerva's Progress); after long illness; in New Milford, Conn...
...initiation rites begin in a small Mississippi River town in the '30s, with several of the stories pivoting around two youngsters named Jason and Ira Garrett. In Chip Canary, Jason tangles with the town queer woman, Elizabeth Minerva Stretch. She is a monstrous frump, always trundling a baby carriage full of junk and dubbed-for some shadowy peccadillo of the past-"Chip Canary." In a moment of adolescent bravado Jason yells out this taboo nickname, then breaks and runs. That night, snug in bed, Jason smiles as he hears his father say to his mother...
...last play and very likely his mildest one. Telling how British General Sir William Howe (Leo Genn), not too happy about the issues of the American Revolution, dangerously dawdled while occupying New York to enjoy the charms of a patriotic Mrs. Murray (Jan Sterling), the play brings Minerva into the old conflict of Venus v. Mars. Smacking much less of the bedroom than the drawing-room, Small War perhaps smacks most of all of the library. In his use of various characters, Sherwood turned vaguely speculative as to just how, while a war is actually going on, people feel...
...victories as "the terrible news from Long Island"); and even so, Howe's behavior might simply be due to his well-known indolence. His passive temperament has in any case communicated itself to the play. All too often Venus covers her flesh, Mars muffles his drums and Minerva swallows her words-while even oftener the Muse of Comedy turns her back...
...Harvard community, Miss Scott has it. Her wry and seemingly effortless work in "The Judgement of Paris," and especially "By A Goona-Goona Lagoon," marked two of the show's high points. Also charming in small ways were Johanna Linch, as Mrs. Juniper, and Helen Raisz, as Miss Minerva Oliver. Diana Sterling contributed an energetic moment to the production through her lead in the "Circe" dance sequence...