Word: parisian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...also released by Mrs. Christine Arfeld Davidson, who is directing the production. R. R. Wallstein '32, who has acted for a season with the Province town Players, has the part of the Mandarin. Wallstein is also assisting with the direction. J. F. Eddy '31 plays the part of a Parisian artist while H. B. Wesselman '31 also plays one of the leading roles, that of Unicorn...
...Fethi Bey, leader of the new party, knows how an opposition ought to act, has observed as Turkish Ambassador at Paris the antics of one of the most obstreperous parliamentary oppositions on Earth. Last week, inasmuch as Leader Fethi had been recalled to Angora specifically to cut Parisian capers, he cut them in the national assembly, flayed the government, proposed a motion of censure, voted for it with ten of his opposition deputies...
These 16 stories and sketches, written in romantic turn-of-the-Century style, are based on incidents of Dr. Munthe's early career as an interne in Paris, a doctor in Naples. Italy is Dr. Munthe's love, and even his Parisian subjects are Italians in exile: Hurdygurdler Don Gaetano, Tragic Poet Monsieur Alfredo, Model Raffaella. Though his tales are by nature grim, Author Munthe has whimsied them into wistfulness which never quite loses an old-fashioned charm. His humor is of the same mellow vintage. On a vacation at Ischia he struck up a friendship with a donkey. "Each...
...Legion of Honor; and Art Benefactor and Philanthropist Edward Tuck. As a man and as a resident of Paris, Philanthropist Tuck, 88, is senior of the three. He first went to Paris in 1864 as vice-consul, appointed by Abraham Lincoln. His friends know that he is the least Parisian of the three, that he still looks and talks like a complete New Englander. Edward Tuck was born in Exeter, N. H., the son of Congressman-Banker Amos Tuck, traditionally the man who picked the name of the Republican Party. A member of the Class of 1862, Edward Tuck...
...exiles are supported by the sale of their family jewels. As supplies run low, however, it is then found that some mysterious benefactor is secretly placing large denomination bills in Xenia's purse. The question of the identity of the anonymous philanthropist and the truly Parisian romance that follows bring the play to its final climax...