Word: pairings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...late Mike Murphy once remarked that anyone with a good pair of legs and a little wind could make something out of himself in track; and the number of track men developed in college bears out the statement. Coach Bingham too, called for the unexperienced as well as the experienced in summoning the candidates. Without doubt track offers exercise with an element of rivalry and no small chance of reward, to any man who is willing to work faithfully for a while every afternoon. Incidentally a successful team is usually the product of a large squad...
...skill and pleasant ability, with Ula Sharon a close second. Never have we seen a more realistic interpretation of an Apache dance, moreover, than that given by Gretchen-Eastman and Donald Kerr. Nor a more complete travesty than the one staged by Joe 'Brown and Gordon Dooley; this pair were the funniest part of the show, and whenever they appeared kept the audience in a continual series of hysterics. Honorable mention should be given as well to Mr. Brown's mouth. As a combination of both humour and music the manager offered Ted Lewis, which statement is quite sufficient unto...
Asked how the company surmounted the obstacle of satisfying a man who might not care to wear a pair of shoes that had been worn by someone else, Mr. Read stated that every article of apparel rented was thoroughly cleaned after being returned, before it was rented again. Hats and shirts, as well as suits, are subjected to the most rigid cleaning treatment before being rented again, so that a person hiring a complete outfit receives apparel that is as good as new, at least as far as cleanliness is concerned...
...Irish (Query: Why play Boston?) burr, does a good telephone conversation. Joe Boganny and troupe prove the acme of slap-stick tumbling (yes, the dwarfs are there). William Horlick and Sarampa Sisters hold the crowd in at the last with a pleasing dance symphony, starring their own drop, a pair of crotales, and certain familiar Liszt music. Ben Linn, a sure-fire artist, Shubert Weekly News and Intermission complete a varied bill...
...they were only a pair of cruel-minded thieves. --Cincinnati Enquirer