Word: sober
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Charity Ball which comes to the Hollis from the Lyceum Theatre, New York, where it ran the greater part of last season, is a society drama of a somewhat high order; the play is strong and the lines and situations clever, though the humorous element is outweighed by the sober study of love and sacrifice. The company is familiar to theatre-goers; Herbert Kelcey in the sober part of the rector, Le Moyne, in the lighter part of an old man. Misses Cayvan and Crosman in the leading feminine roles and Effie Shannon as soubrette won applause from a large...
...Belgium and the Belgians," by Albert Shaw, is a sober article of political, educational, and legislative interest and descriptive of practical matters such as draining, paving, and building regulations and municipal affairs...
...Peabody's text was taken from the first part of the first and second chapters of St. Paul. Here is represented a well rounded character, sober, righteous and godly. Can such a character be made to barmonize with the present age? There are two ways in which a man can meet the corruption of the outside world. He can surrender and lose his strength of character, or he can flee from the times and become a recluse. Men who flee from the struggle in this way should certainly be respected as martyrs. But they have left the world behind them...