Word: vagabonder
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...that most of his fellow-residents of this Athens-on-the-Charles have joined the Vagabond in adding to the unemployment problem, he feels that a few suggestions for filling up the vacant hours may not be amiss. A successful evening demands a good meal to start it off, and his years of wandering have taken the Vagabond into many and curious places in search of the best in comestibles. The two which rank highest in his estimation are Cann's, where all kinds of sea food are at their best, and the Olympia, noted for its various delectable concoctions...
Like everyone else who is really famous the Vagabond has his own "fan mail"--mostly from Poughkeepsie and Northampton with a few letters now and then from his friends in the Freshmen Dining Halls where he conducts experiments on Lowell House food. By way of a short digression it might be explained that he once upon a time had other Cambridge mail until Radcliffe gave up trying to understand. From this mild suggestion one may gather that, like the Jester, the Vagabond has troubles of his own. But after all, the young people across the Common are ladies...
Some day when he publishes his review of Mr. Vallee's book the Vagabond will print a few rather speedy selections from his --ah--"fan mail". Until that day let it suffice that people have been writing to the Dean of Lowell House to inquire if all still goes well...
Well, the truth is, it does. The Vagabond has been busy ever since he recuperated from the illness which came over him when he got his first look at the yellow, green, black, blue, and red tiles being laid on the floors of his domain. He has been fairly well occupied giving the Boston American and Randolph Hall and the other Lampoon cossacks the latest inside tips on the most recent peregrinations of their Ibis, alias Harry the Stork...
...clarify the piece?which can be safely categorized neither as burlesque, travesty or satire?audiences were advised through the programs that: "The vagabond who comes into The Tavern is the unmasked Cohan. And yet this vagabond could have been a Wandering Jew, Villon, Rabelais, Shelley, Puck. There is probably no one in America who knows better than he what is effective in the theatre. He is aware . . . just how audiences react to certain things that may be made to happen." Subsequent things that Actor Cohan made to happen were received with robust laughter when the audience was sure of itself...