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...well as pagan." As head of the Corporation of Trinity Church, he administered the richest U. S. parish.* Died. Robert Scott Lovett, 71, board chairman of Union Pacific Railroad; after an operation; in Manhattan. A slow-spoken son of a slave owner, he entered railroading as a stump-puller when the Houston, East & West Texas pushed through his father's farm. Rising as a local attorney for Texas & Pacific, he was spotted by the late Tycoon Edward Henry Harriman, who quickly made him head of all his lines, appointed him administrator of his estate. As president of both Southern...
...Tact, diplomacy and sense of humor are the requisites of a good stage manager," said Marion Puller, manager of Mrs. Fiske and the only known woman-stage manager. Her opinions were given to a CRIMSON reporter last night just following the buying moments that every evening brings her as she releases the lever that opens the curtains at the beginning of the performance...
...think that women are capable of doing anything done by men;" said Miss Puller, "they are as capable in every way, and in many cases, have more attributes. I hope that in the near future more women will take up this profession. Women make better stage managers than do men because they can handle stage hands with more precision, with more tact and with better results...
...Miss Puller was a member of the French ambulance corps during the war. She enlisted at the outset of the war, and remained in service until the Armistice was signed. After the was she was presented with a Croix de Guerre for her bravery and service. Commenting on her experiences, Miss Puller said, "While I was in service I drove an ambulance, and received as many thrills doing that as I do now working on the stage. The stage business, however, prepared me for the strain of the battlefield, and the battlefield helped to better condition me for the stage...
Before Miss Puller became manager of Mrs. Fiske she here self was an actress. "I like managing better than acting," she said. "Many women are in the acting profession, but I am the first to adopt the job as a stage manager. That is one reason why I like...