Word: vagabonder
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...Francois Villon was also made popular in a recent operetta The Vagabond King; with Dennis King as Hero. The musical play was based on a famed portrayal of Villon's life, If I Were King, by Justin Huntly McCarthy in which Edward H. Sothern thrilled Manhattan during 1901, 1908, and 1916. In this opus the poet is represented making a bargain with Louis XI, King of France, whereby they exchange places for a short period. There is no historical basis for this romantic situation, which stimulated Playwright McCarthy's famed poem...
Said A. Forbes Milne, Director of Music at Berkhamsted School: "I am afraid that in these days girls do not want to be singing lullabies and 'Be Good, Sweet Maid.' They prefer 'The Vagabond' and 'Give to Me the Life I Love.' They gave a very indifferent performance of 'Virtue...
...glory of Jane Carroll. She was born in Louisville, Ky., but she came to Manhattan long ago, to play in the Follies. Therefore she is no foreigner to the metropolis and its denizens would be glad to see, to hear about her family & friends. Her recent success in The Vagabond King, as Huguette, caused several interesting facts about her home life to be publicly known. She is a player of chess; her favorite novel is Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage; she is beautiful but apparently intelligent. Jane Carroll had, whether by inspiration or divine intervention, a severe toothache...
...advent of the reading period, indeed, brings a time of enforced inactivity to the Vagabond, although this is perhaps not unwelcome to his weary frame. For with the exception of a few scant offerings that are whispered of next week, today marks the culmination of the indoor season. So with only a faint admonition to patronize local industries, the Vagabond intends to depart to other climates. As a parasite upon intellectual life, however, he is conscious of the parries and thrusts, upon his nature, so that in self-defense, and perhaps to imbibe a final morsel of mental nourishment...
...benefit of those who don't know, the Vagabond will let it out that Mr. George Wilson, remembered by oldtime, theatre goers as the principal comedian in the famous Boston Museum Company, now long since disbanded, will give some impersonations of Dickens' characters before Mr. Hersey's class in English 22 at the above-mentioned hour...