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...SAND CASTLE-Walter Millis—Hough-ton Mifflin...
Five years ago there was only sand and a few pines on this spot. But Mr. Bok caused a slender Gothic tower, of pink Georgia marble and tan Florida coquina stone, to be erected. Delicately balanced in the top is the largest carillon in the U. S.? At the tower's base is a pool, surrounded by exotic trees and shrubs. Mr. Bok calls this place the "Taj Mahal of America." It was to dedicate this U. S. Taj that President Coolidge had gone to Florida...
Best current cinemas arranged (A) according to merit, (B) according to the money they made last fortnight. (A) The Wind-Storm of sand and emotions around Lillian Gish. My Man- Fanny Brice on the sound-device. The Shopworn Angel-A doughboy's love for a girl who loves dough. The Rescue- Scenic adventure from Conrad's novel. Alias Jimmy Valentine-Lionel Barrymore as a detective in the best talking picture to date. The Case of Lena Smith -Tragedy of a Viennese blonde, beautifully filmed. The Barker-Audible circus. (B) The Singing Fool, records everywhere; The Terror...
...Will sleep two comfortably and luxuriously if they don't dislike each other." Sea Sleds are priced under a thou sand dollars; outboard motors, sold separately, bring the prices to the neighbor hood of $1,100. Model 18 has a minimum-guarantee speed...
...play: the first because the music was almost wholly written for the pianoforte, not orchestra with voices, and was supposed to be played at the tempo originally indicated; the second because the incongruity of seeing Heinrich Heine and Giacomo Meyerbeer cavorting about the stage, not to mention George Sand fainting and a rather picturesque but wholly unconvincing ending to the whole, strikes a false note. Perhaps, if one could look upon the production as purely imaginary, if one could forget the historical and musical associations which the dramatis personae call up, the enjoyment of the audience might be greater...