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...made possible what I have done." He is a loyal friend, a gracious enemy. In his presence conversation is rarely trivial and never low. He is not all things to all men; he is the same thing to all men, a gentleman and a scholar. If a Greek piano-tuner visited his house professionally, Mr. Baker would learn all about the insides of a piano and the piano-tuner would hear about Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides...
...Tenacity, Enter Madame, A Doll's House. Seventy performances in all were given. One of the recent personal triumphs of this season is that of Dwight Frye. He appeared in Six Characters in Search of an Author as the legitimate son; then in Rita Coventry as the piano tuner, who also was a musician. The latter was his most conspicuous success. He is at present receiving much praise for his work in a .small part in The Love Habit. The Poincare Government has, decided to do something about the morals of the Paris stage. "Foreign disparagement of French ethics...
...present the men are experimenting in the use of a newly invented instrument called a "transformer tuner." This instrument by means of a highly complicated mechanism cuts out all messages which are not within a certain radius of the receiving station, to which it is attached; thus obviating all chances of error in receiving despatches. In perfecting this instrument the club hopes to be able to aid greatly all receiving stations and to make a great step towards the perfection of wireless telegraphy...