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unearths some literary gems.
From The Smart Set, 1911:
***"And he makes remarks in Russian to his parrot all the time--most ambiguous I'm certain they are."***If after seeing the playlet you do not agree with me, I shall be compelled to admit that you are wrong. [Nathan]***campussy Harvard translations [Nathan]***In the noonday of good Queen Victoria the name of the hero was always George and that of the heroine Amelia. [Mencken]***In construction [the play] closely approximates the literary architecture of a "Drinking Song." [Nathan]***The passion of love, which in the average best seller is of say 10,000 horse power, is here shown to be fully 10,000,000 horse power. [Mencken]***"He smiles a 'deep, inscrutable smile,' as people do in books."***The theater is being perfumed with Pinaud's famous Eau de Something. [Nathan]***[Many more snippets attached, along with a couple of illustrations. (I included the Victor-Victrola one only because I like how putting it that way sounds sort of like Victor/Victoria.)]
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