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...Charles Michelson, now publicity director of the Democratic National Committee, was born. Tumultous Virginia City was no place to raise a family, although the small clothing store the father operated was prosperous. The Michelsons moved to Calaveras, Calif., birthplace in 1870 of Miriam Michelson, dramatic critic and author (Petticoat King, Duchess of Suds). Three years later the "big bonanza" broke at Virginia City. Miners took $21,000,000 of silver ore from the Comstock Lode in one year. The Mackays, Fairs, O'Briens and Floods became multimillionaires...
...PETTICOAT INFLUENCE-Helen Hayes as the meek wife of a diplomat who takes a few leaves out of the diplomat's book...
...Wilbur has given shelter to Petticoat Influence, a comedy by Neil Grant. With the rise of the curtain the play gives every evidence of being a sophisticated comedy of the English drawing-room genre, but before long it may be seen that the author's grasp has caught up with his reach and the play regrettably wanders far a field into the less stimulating realm of force. The perennial vivacity of Helen Hayes does much to propel a vehicle that in spots lacks lubrication, and Henry Stephenson gives the wheels of comedy many a timely flick of the finger...
Taken all in all Petticoat Influence does not fail to be diverting However, its most serious blemish is that the author has avoided subtlety would seem from the degree of success attained, by design...
...PETTICOAT INFLUENCE?Helen Hayes in diplomatic froth...