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Lewis Carroll, who was, in real life, Professor Dodgson, an English don who taught mathematics, one day amused some children by tossing off Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass-thereby becoming immortal. And now Mr. Deems Taylor, who is in real life the redoubtable music critic of The New York World, has amused himself by translating "Lewis Carroll" into an orchestral suite. It contains the following numbers: The Garden of Live Flowers, Jabberwocky, Looking Glass Insects, The White Knight...
Once upon a time there was an eminent mathematician named Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who laid down his compasses and took up his pen. Thereat all children rejoiced, for they were given Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...
Pictures of Alice in Wonderland and her contemporaries in The Rocket Book, The Hole Book and Topsys and Turveys, not to mention the St. Nicholas Magazine, made Peter Newell famous to the juvenile reading public. He died last week...
...party landed in rain. Autos took them and Governor Bone to the Gubernatorial mansion. From its balcony the President spoke to the dripping crowd. " There must be a lot of Baptists in Juneau," he began. "Sturdy, majestic, stalwart and immovable are truly the only words which describe this wonderland of ours. I am proud of you, citizens of the United States. It is good to know of Alaska, and it is our purpose to know you better and have you know our Government better...
There are, however, three numbers which come up to the best Keith traditions. One is Bob Pender's troupe of "animal impersonators, stilt walkers, and eccentric dancers". No one who has ever yearned to live once again in the weird and grotesque atmosphere of "Alice in Wonderland" or "The Wizard of Oz" should miss the big climax of this...