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"The policeman must oft follow the precept of the ‘bakadori' -- those fool-birds who, though they know disaster awaits them at the hands and clubs of the beachcombers, brave ignominious death to bury their eggs in the sandy shore. So the policeman. All Nippon should not deter him from hatching the egg of thoroughness. " / From A Thousand Leaves, / by Tamaka Hiero
The dramatic season of 192‒ began in a disconcerting manner. Eugene O'Neill had neglected to write a new play in time to secure the financial encouragement of the intelligentsia; and as for the "lowbrows," having attended play after play without enthusiasm, they had deserted the legitimate theatre for the more ingenuous delights of the motion picture palaces.