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...bestseller. It included Zane Grey, Harold Bell Wright, Kathleen Norris, Edward W. Bok, Bruce Barton, Earl Derr Biggers, Will Durant, Albert W. Atwood, Robert W. Chambers, Booth Tarkington, Thomas L. Masson, Hermann Hagedorn, Vernon Kellogg, Daniel Frohman, Don Marquis. The last, an oldtime Democrat, author of The Old Soak, said: "I like the man: his tone, his manner, his essential character...
Well aware that the best method of dealing with a shrew is to put her in the water, one George Hall, Manhattan insurance solicitor, was accustomed, when circumstances permitted, to soak Madeleine La Verne Hall, his wife. Last week, suing George Hall for a separation, she specified this practice as an example of his alleged cruelty. Sic: "Accompanying his actions by violent language, he threw the plaintiff, fully dressed, into the bathtub and turned on the shower, drenching her, and thereby endangering her health...
...many persons would have supposed that he would soon discover how and where the boos begin. He was not alone. Playwright Harry Wagstaff Gribble and Stage-designer Cleon Throckmorton were his most noteworthy associates. For their first season of production, several plays were mentioned: March Hares, Dracula, The Old Soak, dramatization of Where the Blue Begins, dramatization of Thunder on the Left...
Bryan moved from Illinois to Nebraska intending to practice law and steer clear of politics, but "he could no more keep out of politics than the Old Soak could pass the swinging door." Elected to Congress at the age of 30, he was immediately conspicuous for his violent eloquence. Six years later (1896) he, a shrewd politician, achieved the Democratic nomination after the famous "Cross-of-Gold" speech in which he canonized free silver...
...marry his pretty granddaughter to the grandson of his partner (in the garage business). The grandson helps himself into trouble by helping out a bootlegging World War veteran. But the aged rascal fixes everything. The play consists for the most part of "canned" gag situations of the reliable "old soak" brand...