Word: old
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...stage productions after long runs, like most old maids, need rejuvenation. Their bill-boarded success of so many months deserves our attention only when their managers realize that nothing can stand still; a play must go either forward or backward. So "The Blue Paradise" comes to Ye Wilbur Theatre crowing over its Broadway success, which was undoubtedly merited-one could see that from the number of missed opportunities-but evidently no renovating has taken place since the initial performance...
...this imminent crisis which threatens so strongly our present status of peace, it is natural that men who love their country should ask what they can do. "Old men for council," but young men are impatient in council. They want swift action, a blow while the iron is in its whitest heat...
Hichcock was 23 years old. He had been five years away from his home in Hawaii where he expected to return next spring. The funeral will take place tomorrow and the body will be taken back to Hawaii for burial...
...host of stars promise to make the middle distance runs endanger the old records. Competition in the 600 should be particularly keen between J. E. Meredith, of the Meadowbrook Club; F. J. Haipin and D. S. Caldwell, of the B. A. A.; H. Baker and J. T. Higgins, of the Irish-American...
...used the English style of rigging on their shells for three years, the crews of the University of Pennsylvania, at the suggestion of Coach Wright, will test out the American swivel oarlock system this spring. A new eight-oared shell fitted with swivel locks is being built, but the old shells rigged with thole pins will not yet be discarded...