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...entry into Carmel," said her prioress, "was, in fact, a descent from the height of a brilliant career into the depths of insignificance." In the depths of insignificance, Edith Stein changed. She who had often been cool and aloof found herself wearing a red wig and performing a Chaucerian skit during a convent entertainment; she who had been intolerant of weakness learned charity by falling asleep during meditation. In time, says Author Graef, "Edith Stein became a perfectly harmonious spiritual personality...
Wicked Swish. The first number was from a century-old skit called The Three Encounters, in which a suspicious innkeeper crept into a knight's room at night, determined to kill him. What followed turned into a riotous pantomime. The two men groped toward each other as if they were in inky darkness, making fearful swipes with enormous, curved swords. The antagonists' darted, pivoted and leaped over each other while the reedy tones of a Chinese fiddle underlined the wicked swish of a snickersnee, and the soft boom of a gong gave sound to the sensation of naked...
...past four or five years the trend in Pudding musicals has been away from the traditional skit to the integrated musical comedy," bacon pointed out. "Therefore, it has seemed to make sense to produce this type of musical in as realistic and entertaining a fashion as possible. And this would include the use of girls," he added...
...high-school triumphs, Supple. Andelin and 178 fellow freshmen arrived in Pasadena a week before the term began, were immediately whisked off to Caltech's camp in the San Bernardino Mountains. There, for three days, Nobelmen, freshmen and a few upperclassmen played games, made speeches and put on skits. But each skit or speech turned out to be a veiled warning that tough days lay ahead. Supple and Andelin soon caught on. Says Supple: "I had suddenly run into a bunch of people who were a lot brighter than I was." Adds Andelin: "I was terribly intimidated...
...across the nation, should be perfect for all ardent Cantor fans. Eddie sings his old songs, pats his hands, rolls his banjo eyes, bounces on tiptoe and mixes large doses of sentimentality with a succession of harmless jokes. On the opening show, Brian Aherne labored through a too-cute skit dealing with a talking dog and an equally gabby child...