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THE STUDENTS JOURNAL.
Answers to Correspondents.
Beau Brummel: Vogue does not sanction the omission of the vest at a full dress affair, even though a double-breasted coat, buttoned to the chin, cheerfully conceals the fact.
Truth Seeker: The word "jag" is of Scotch origin, and means a small load: however the magnitude is generally detetmined by the length of the purse, internal capacity and quality and amount of the material to be carried.
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Modest Maiden: The symptoms you describe are not due to the tender passion We have submitted your case to the office devil and he coneludes that the feeling of extreme agitation you speak of is due to indigestion. Consult your physician
Critis: You are mistaken The small panes of glass in the library building were not used for artistic effect They were a job lot, and the last of the kind ever to be made in the world So you see we have economy combined with originality.
Morrison's Faust
Faust, as given by the Morrison company, will be the attraction at the Bowersock Opera House next Thursday, March 7.
While the world endures Goet e's tragic story of Faust and Marguerite will continue to live. The story has been celebrated in song and in its operatic form has been elaborately staged for many years, but it remained for this company to present it in worthy dramatic form with all effects and accessories necessary to give it that weirdness intended by the author. In this version the role of Mephisto is made a jolly jovial devil, one well calculated to enchain the souls of men in the glamour of forbidden pleasures. The scenic effects are strongly brought out and serve to accentuate the dramatic situation in a vivid manner. One of the most notable effects is at the end of the first act, where Mephisto exults over the capture of the soul of Faust, when "midst darkness and thunder bursts," the blazing cross pa-
pears over the cathedral doors. In the Garden scene again where the flowers burst into bloom by electricity and the duel scene, when Mephisto comes to the aid of Faust the flashing steel produces a pale blue flame, giving a weird effect, reaching its climax in the scene of the witches carnival in the Brocken, where the electric fluid plays an important part ending in a shower of fire and in the closing scene where the angel Marguerite is bearing the senseless form of Faust heavenward, marking Mephisto's final end.
The Eighth Recital given at Music Hall February 27th, was the most interesting that has been given. The next recital will be given March 12th. The following will be the program rendered this week:
1. Mozart-Grieg—Sonate, G major Miss Maud Brown, Miss Zook.
2. Nevin—Serenade, Miss Daisy Orton.
3. [a] Durand—Sous les bois, Miss Boyles.
[b] Rubinstein—Polka boheme, Mrs. Cowden.
[e] Rubenstein—Parcarole, Miss McCheyne.
4. Mendelsshon—Spring song (for two pianos) Miss Bundy, Mr. Prever.
5. Rodney—"Emmanuel," Miss Julia Hutt.
6. Nevin—"Twas April," Miss Grace Colwell.
7. Schumann—Tranmes wirren, Miss Gressinger.
8. "Cuckoo shall I gow old?" Miss Anna Drake.
9. Chopin—Nocturne, op. 27, No.2 Miss Lingard.
10. Cantor—"As the Dawn," Miss Pauline Chandler.
11. Moskowski—Value, op. 34, Miss Wilson.
Miss Georgia Brown will teach one term of ten lessons in dancing at F. A. A. hall commencing Tuesday evening March 5, at 8 o'clock. Books now open. Address 1217 Rhode Island.
Miss Effie Loader and Lingah Anderson were the guests of Miss Daisy Sampson in Topeka this week.