Word: scene
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...made. Stephena Cockrell takes heart of grace from this fact and adds another novel to the away-down-south-in-Dixie list. She goes about the task with a directness arguing a magazine apprenticeship. The ever vernal poor girl-rich boy theme is introduced with legato variations. An opening scene in which an ant covered antique hinge is concealed by the ingenue, Sally, in her silk unmentionables only to be hastily plucked forth as the man, Richard Clarke, curio collector, appears for the first time, constitutes good bait for the reader. Unfortunately, the pace slows down after this...
...this reviewer, was struck in the two chapters dealing with student religion and religious organizations. Was there a faint flavor of propaganda in the assembling of the testimonials in those pages? We dare not say, since these dealt with much matter that is entirely foreign to the Harvard scene, and therefore fell upon the mind with a singular noise...
...violin, equally well, as a Yale undergraduate. John Coolidge has been invited to stay under the Bacon roof (No. 244 Edwards St.) as long as he desires. It is 20 minutes by trolley from John Coolidge's office. It is less than a block from the scene of last week's automobile accident...
Abroad, the scene was idyllic. Edward VII of England, with two more years to reign, visited his nephew, Nicholas II of Russia, at Reval. Wilhelm of Germany, busy building warships, warmly welcomed Dr. David Jayne Hill, the new U. S. Ambassador. He explained his growing Navy as follows: "Every German warship launched is one more guarantee for peace on earth...
...cinemaddict knows, reeks of malevolence, depravity. When John flays Nan she departs, gets a job as a companion. Her employer, it so happens, is Moret's mistress. Soon the mistress suspects an affair between Moret & Nan. deserts Moret, who realizes Nan still loves her husband. A hyper-compromising scene is arranged for John's benefit, leaving him with no alternative but to welcome back his wife at her own terms...