Potash and Perlmutter Debate Grand Opera's Failings
In a lively exchange from 1927, Potash and Perlmutter muse on Metropolitan Opera shortcomings. They joke about subscription tickets, seating sightlines, and the impracticality of grand opera for ordinary theatergoers, noting how size and stage design affect audience experience.
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Montague Glass
Haim
Teally
Bighia
New York
Deen
Sandig
Abe Xsiel
Evens
Memmer
Metropollitan
Tracyyaster
Minruss
Wong
Blascoma
Charley Chaplin
Metropolitan Opera
Abe
Morris
Abs
Togie
Max Immergick
Pbber
le Opera
Morruse
Srchitecks Duild Opers
Audiencs
Mawruss
Andredger
Manoper House
Hidden Quarry Beneath Paris to Serve Hotel Cellar
In Paris a concealed underground quarry at Champe Tlynees is being repurposed for a hotel wine cellar. Builders found the old quarry beneath the site and plan to use its natural rock pillars and steady temperature rather than excavate anew.
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Paris
Champe Tlynees
Waco
Jennie Reflects On Modern Education And College
Jennie moralizes about education in a rambling piece that riffs on parental choices for sending sons to college. It contrasts old and new eras, mocks overambitious youth, and ends with the maxim that “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing” if one underestimates its reach.
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Conreet
Geo
Jr. Guing
Tady
Ysle
Princeton
P. D
B. V.D
U. Needa
College
Oxford U
Paris
France
Wence
Thia
Tim
Castor
Italy
Ruaeja
Russia
Traly
Uuikeehae
Titly
Third International
Mageolini
Napoleon
Ninioleon
Matteotti
Shaw Defends Reform Amid Mussolini Critique
George Bernard Shaw brands Mussolini’s regime as silly and urges forbearance while replying to critics. Adler counters, arguing for moral opposition to fascism and warns against equating Soviet dictatorship with Italy’s. The exchange touches democracy, socialism, and liberty in postwar Europe with Shaw defending tolerance and Adler urging steadfast anti fascist stance.
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G. B. Shaw
Deckers
Mussolini
George Bernard
Regina
Italy
Sheedling
London Daily News
Herr Friedrich Adler
Labor and Socialist International
Shaw
Suscolini
Russia
Savkgeritn
Léball Nut
Adler
Toca Byala
Lochwist
Elas
Bhaws
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