Word: sisterly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...present, with Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York on the way to Australia (TIME, Jan. 17 et seq.), the relations of Edward of Wales with his sister were reported less cordial last week than is usual when his undoubtedly charming sister-in-law, the Duchess, is in London. Elizabeth, Duchess of York, is, by now, quietly well-known for her ability to get Edward into a good humor at family gatherings -especially toward Princess Mary and her husband, punctilious Lord Lascelles...
...Sister & Sister...
...Hartford, Conn., Rosa Ponselle gave a joint concert with her sister Carmela. Four thousand people applauded. Between the acts they gossiped. Only a few years ago these girls were unknown . . . common school education . . . vaudeville songsters. But Rosa came to Manhattan, took singing lessons from William Thorner. He, recognizing talent, visited Gatti-Casazza, announced a "find." "Let me hear her," answered the Director. He did, was impressed, advised her to work up one or two roles. She made her debut with Caruso, after six months of vocal instruction. Carmela is also a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company. The Hartford concert...
...plot, even less action. But the play catches the very essence of sorrow?the passing of years, the frustration of desire, the ignorance of a paradise of Nirvana. For such a delicate symphony, the gentleness of Beatrice Terry as Prioress and the raspiness of Ruth Wilton as the disciplinary Sister Sagrario seem too strongly accented. Yet the production, as a whole, leaves an impression as beautiful as a faint winter sunset?and as heartbreaking...
...political friend charged with being the father of an illegitimate child. The able lawyer's "women folks" object to his consorting with politically influential bums, whereupon he beseeches them "not to go over that ground again. Business is business." But in the last act, his own cherished sister is in trouble, and on account of one of these very same friends. So Lawyer Connell learns his lesson, makes a good resolution just before he goes out on his last questionable trial in behalf of his sister's betrayer. Everybody has a heart of gold. The Willard Mack type of melodrama...