Our own practical little prophecy is that over a hundred and fifty people will want to play, but that a great many of them won’t be able to, owing to the fact that there aren’t enough courts. Right ...

From the daily newsletter: the legal writer Ruth Marcus on why the President and his allies have floated a seemingly ...

The Atlantic C.E.O.—and author of “The Running Ground”—discusses four books about how demanding physical pursuits can change ...

In the first place, Princeton had the benefit of starting off this year without any great prospects. That is always, or almost always, bad news for the others. The Tigers have a habit of turning out ...

“American Beauty,” at the Strand, was a sappy bit alleged to be a comedy. Billie Dove was leading lady and she looked pretty with her hat on. Lloyd Hughes was the leading man and he wrestled with his ...

On the contrary, I am willing to wager that nine out of every ten devotees of court games in general haven’t the faintest idea who is the present holder of the championship. That’s not so good. He is, ...

I always liked the lima bean, A pleasant vegetable Of dainty and becoming green, But I am never able To satisfy my appetite At eighty cents a portion, For every five and ten-cent bite Tastes faintly ...

Mr. Bloch has been, by trade, a professor of music (in his spare time he is an important creative artist) and the cognoscenti stroked their tingling hair out of their ears in anticipation of a sedate ...

In the wealth of other things there is the “May Belfort” of Toulouse-Lautrec, two superb Segonzacs, and canvases by such masters as Fantin-Latour, Forain, Manet, Monet, Mori-sot, Pissarro and Redon.

OVER the rocky road to Empire City we go. While “Cead Mille Fail-the” is not written over the gate of the Squireen of East View’s track, that is the sentiment of those who are waiting for you to try ...

These said: “It was tonsils. No, they wouldn’t let me have a local anesthetic. No, I didn’t mind it. Yes, I’m getting better. No, the nurse didn’t have dimples. Thanks for the inquiry. Pardon me for ...

Rosita and Ramon are also present, and look so suspiciously Spanish that I am convinced they were born in Jersey City. Their dancing is fair enough, but my advice to people who are trying to look ...