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Theatre scorn and crime figures mix with island folly
A fragmentary column riffs on a crime femme fatale tied to gangsters and a gunwoman, mocks modern theatrical tastes led by Gilbert and Sullivan in New York, recalls a Caruso publicity stunt, notes a Muscatine visitor at Coney Island, and reports Mrs. Harry F. Allen recovering at home after surgery.
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