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...first serious attempt. The organization, still in its swaddling clothes, proved itself a child prodigy. In January, 1909, the Harvard Monthly records that "people who came curious or indifferent, went away impressed and thoughtful. The Club has made a remarkable beginning in its chosen work . . . it cannot but prosper." The fears of whether the play would be too serious or too specialized were unwarranted. Directed by Professor Baker, assisted by Radcliffe girls, and with a specially written overture by Philip G. Clapp, played by the Pierian Sodality, "The Promised Land," far from making a bad start, gave promise...
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, famed critic, was deeply distressed by George Sand's lack of a lover. To her he sent Prosper Merimee. After a week George Sand sent him back. Anxious to please, Sainte-Beuve replaced Merimee with Alfred de Musset, who was to prove, except for one divertisement, eminently satisfactory...
...usual marches, waltz tunes, love duets and. as in the remodeled Boccaccio, asides in colloquial English. Boccaccio was good for eight performances because the production was brisk, because earnest German singers looked funny cavorting about the stage, because light opera becomes the Viennese Jeritza. Donna Juanita should prosper briefly for the same reasons. The production is even faster, more up-to-date. The Metropolitan's conservative ballet appears barelegged. Jeritza is gorgeous in a black & gold court costume, magnificently casual as she steps up to the sacred prompter's box and uses it like a brass rail. Neatest...
...thriving weekly magazine may be more lucrative than an equally thriving monthly. Conversely, a weekly that does not prosper is more troublesome than a monthly. On that theory Life appears this week for the last time as a weekly, publishes its first monthly issue Dec. 4. Its bulk will be fattened from 32 to 64 pages, its price upped from...
...businessmen prosper by making contacts, boosting, frankly publicizing themselves, why should not architects? Reasoning thus, Builder Betelle associated himself with civic movements, built...