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...rose Mr. Rockefeller, his esthetic face long with mock seriousness, his eyes laughing with mischief. He told his thousand auditors that Dr. Fosdick, just back from Europe, had attended a meeting of the building committee the day before, had examined the building plans, had expressed fear that the church would be so long that the preacher's voice would not carry to its depths. He was told not to worry, that of lesser concern than the length of the church would be the length of the sermons. The dining Bible students laughed heartily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On Park Avenue | 2/15/1926 | See Source »

MUSICAL Maidens, melody and mischief are most agreeably combined in: The Cocoanuts, The Student Prince, Tip-Toes, Sunny, The Vagabond King, Artists and Models, No, No, Nanette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: The Best Plays: Feb. 1, 1926 | 2/1/1926 | See Source »

...furniture) against her will, but that she never went to Troy-she had been staying with a lady and gentleman in Egypt. Helen will have nothing of such an alibi. She tells her neighbors that she is not repentant of "the bitter bridal bed where the fair mischief lay by Paris' side." It was inevitable. In fact Menelaus was to blame. Helen says: "I think a decent man could lose his wife without bringing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mrs. Menelaus* | 11/23/1925 | See Source »

...with a Load of Mischief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Nov. 9, 1925 | 11/9/1925 | See Source »

...WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF-Reviewed in this issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Nov. 9, 1925 | 11/9/1925 | See Source »

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