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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...climax. The best singing was by Eva Clark, accompanied by the chorus,--and speaking of the chorus, it is an unusually well-selected one. It danced with grace and precision, in a few original figures, and thoroughly pretty, colorful costumes. We are not partial toward choruses; ordinarily we much prefer to have them stay off-stage entirely and leave the principals alone, but this chorus is an added attraction. Hal Skelly dances well, as does Mary Hay, who plays Mary Jane, and does everything else well too, but it is the Keene twins who carry off the Terpsichorean Laurrels. They...
...famous Scotch whiskey distillery ran an advertisement: "So long as American and other export markets are willing to pay extra for quality we must prefer to sell for exportation...
...such an appointment would bear the stigma of a political move. In White House councils this fact may militate against Mr. Lowden's other qualifications?tact, moderation and no mean amount of classical scholarship, a thing not unvalued by the English. If Mr. Lowden has the choice, will he prefer a home in the American Embassy at No. 4, Grosvenor Gardens, London, or a chance at the white-fronted residence on Pennsylvania Ave., Washington...
...prove in the courts that the election was invalid because not sufficiently advertised. That is beside the point at present. The fact, however, that he did not surround the polls with his regiments shows that he has had one thing proven to him: the people of Oklahoma infinitely prefer legal proceedings to martial violence...
...dailies. Contrary to the announcement, The Cornell Daily Sun (Ithaca), The Michigan Daily (Ann Arbor), and The Dartmouth (Hanover) have also Associated Press service. Perhaps the most notable of these is the Cornell Sun, which maintains a considerable circulation outside of the college, among people of the city, who prefer it to the regular Ithaca newspapers...