Word: athertone
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Significance. For 33 years Mrs. Atherton has whacked out novels. She has no charm, no human touch, no style, not even a way with words. But she has always had brains, hard and vigorous, if not very subtle, and has always exhibited and admired intelligent forcefulness. Deliver her from Average People! Two years ago, at the age of 64, examining life as she does for "strong" ideas whether pleasant or unpleasant, she fastened upon glandular rejuvenation and wrote that gold mine in pseudoclinical vulgate, Black Oxen. Now comes the ductless glands, another "strong" idea and similarly demonstrated, if you care...
...CRYSTAL CUP-Gertrude Atherton-Boni, Liveright. Concerns a beautiful young woman with an aversion to marriage...
...management. The officers elected are: President, Donald Coats Gates '26 of New York City; Vice-President. Richard Thomas Flood '27 of Brookline: Secretary-Treasurer. George Emerson Smith '26 of Worcester: Leader of the Banjo Club, George Beere Moynahan '23 of Mattapan: Leader of the Mandolin Club, Gordon Atherton Norton of Belmont: Leader of the Vocal Club. William Rowell Chase '26 of Brookline: Librarian, John Hill Monroe '27 of Brookline: Manager, Reginald Franklin Conroy Vance '26 of Fredericks burg, Va: and Assistant Manager, William Brewster Jr. '27 of Lewisburg...
...Alfred Thomas, Chairman, Miss Virginia Brookhouse; Richard Collins Jr., Miss Elizabeth Collins; G. A. Fitis, Miss Marjorie Moses; Atherton Noyes Jr., Miss Margaret Noyes; Warren Jenney, Miss Julia Jenney; W. G. Warren, Miss Mary Wesson...
...Asquiths, the Desboroughs, Lord Cowdray, Lady Leicester, Lord Colebrook, Lady Northcote, Premier and Mrs. Baldwin and Foreign Secretary and Mrs. Chamberlain. Among the Americans present were Ambassador Herrick, Mr. and Mrs. S. Parker Gilbert, Cora, Countess of Strafford, Lady Astor, Frederick Sterling, Counsellor of the U. S. Embassy; Ray Atherton, First Secretary; Boylston A. Deal, special attache. The men were dressed in court costume, the ladies in expensive gowns. The banquet over, the King and the other gentlemen stayed to crack the usual jokes and discuss the usual topics over their port and nuts. The King, said to be particularly...