Word: portrayals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...throughout history have caused pain, done injustice, and made fools of themselves through too much haste in publishing their work, or too little taste in the writing of it. Mr. Tumulty's recent publication, while not strictly a biography, must be placed in that class as it attempts to portray the character of ex-President Wilson through the narration of various events in his career. It is unfortunate that the work should have appeared at this time. Its purpose, no doubt was good; but personal prejudices are still too keen to permit the book a fair reception; and the writer...
...Japanese "NCH" play, "Hagoromo", Miss Madeline Brine, as Tennis, will portray the Japanese Nymph who, on finding her cloak stolen by a fisherman, learns that she must teach him to dance in order to retrieve it. The part of the fisherman will be played by Henderson Matthews...
...Industrial Court referred to, has been active recently in the state of Kansas under the leadership of Governor Allen. It was established by a state law in an effort to control strikes. Where labor deliberately ties up industries, especially public-service corporations, in order to portray itself as invincible, thereby causing unnecessary suffering among the people, it is time for the law to intervene. Test cases have been brought before this Kansas Industrial Court and several officials of labor unions have been convicted as violators of the industrial court law in wantonly instigating a strike among the miners. Labor claims...
...modern American fiction, Since Mr. Lincoln has devoted a great deal of time to the study of these "Cape Condition," as they have wittily been referred to, he is acquainted with them and their way of living as few have been, therefore he is particularly well qualified to portray their humorous side. He has also been for several years a contributor of short stories and verse to the various contemporary magazines...
...being introduced by Dean H.J. Hughes '94 of the Engineering School, it was announced yesterday. Particular interest in Mr. Driggs' lecture centers in the moving pictures which were first exhibited a month ago before the National Geographic Society. They are distinctive because of the thrilling aeronautical acrobatic stunis they portray. Before the lecture, the Union will give a dinner in honor of Mr. Driggs to which various men prominent in aviation circles at the University and in Boston have been invited...