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Frank Gaby, in our humble opinion, takes first place among the comedians of the show with flying honors. The way he says, "Hush! Hush!" is great. And he proves himself before the end of the performance to be no less skillful as a ventriloquist. George Jessel also manages to be...
Franklin K. Lane was a poet, philosopher, a constructive statesman, and a business man according to the time of day, the mood, or the occasion. The importance of the volume of his letters is that he here translates his enthusiasm, his philosophy, personal and political, and above all his life...
The poetry is full of much sound and fury, signifying, no, not nothing, but the usual state of unrest in youthful, bosoms. The verse of Mr. Norris is even graceful, if nothing else; his "August Night" is an example of free verse more sincere and pleasing than is often found...
"The life of a Chinese journalist is a happy one. He is free from care and thought, and allows all the work of the establishment to be done by the pressman. The Chinese compositor has not yet arrived. The Chinese editor, like the rest of his countrymen, is imitative. He...
A Harvard student thus translates "Bonos corrumpunt mores congrassus mali:" "More bones of corruption in the Congressional mail." - [Ex.