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  2. PERSONAL

    According to Miss Olga Nethersole, it is undignified and unusual for leading English actresses to ask for engagements. They just sit around and wait until a manager ...

    Article : 1,434 words
  3. WIT AND HUMOR.

    Belle: Yes, I am single entirely from choice. Pearl: Whose choice? "Life is a puzzle," says a writer. Yes, and one we all have to "give up." ...

    Article : 810 words
  4. UNKINDLY PUT.

    A well-known clergyman, called to other duties, preached his last sermon before the installation of his successor. The local weekly paper, in announcing the order of services gave it as ...

    Article : 46 words
  5. IRVING'S WAY.

    A delightful echo of Sir Henry Irving's amiability comes from a book entitled "In Castle and Court-House."' An admirer of the great actor had begged an ...

    Article : 64 words
  6. A USEFUL LOAN.

    They were discussing Brown, his charming manners, and his lack of moral responsibility in all matters connected with money. "He means to be honest as the sun," said one of his friends, ...

    Article : 98 words
  7. SUBTLE CRITICISM.

    The small boy stood in front of the dazzling lights of the cheap theatre with a yellow dog under his arm Evidently he wanted to get in, and the sight of a well dressed and apparently ...

    Article : 187 words
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    Advertising : 275 words
  9. THE GATE SLAMMER.

    "At a certain London Tube station the man in charge of the gate waited until there was a crowd and then slammed the gate in the faces of the people."—Mr. J. A. Symmons, the Woolwich ...

    Article : 287 words
  10. HUMORS OF THE MUSICAL PROFESSION.

    Apropos of my early days in Sheffield, I remember an amusing incident concerning a quarter I organised in a warehouse. Anxious to make money, I approached a showman who was ...

    Article : 1,841 words
  11. WHAT HE WANTED.

    "I want land reform?" A contemporary is quoting a perfervid orator. "I want housing reform!" lie continued. "I want electoral reform want educational reform! I want—" ...

    Article : 42 words
  12. HOW HE APPEARED.

    There was not much to be gained from the witness, who seemed to have a wonderful faculty for holding his tongue, but the lawyer tried once more. ...

    Article : 128 words
  13. HE ASKED FOR IT.

    The following bit of repartee must either have cleared the air or brought on a storm. Which result followed is not stated. An officer known by his friends to be a rather ...

    Article : 122 words
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