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...Babylon, L. I. police found May Hardy, 38, A. E. F. trained nurse, starving in a maple grove on a private estate. For two weeks she had slept on a bundle of old rags and papers. She was penniless...
...apocryphal Bible story of Susanna appears in the Douay (Catholic) version, not in the King James (Protestant). Daniel XIII: "Now there was a man that dwelt in Babylon, and his name was Joakim: And he took a wife whose name was Susanna ... a very beautiful woman. . . . And there were two of the ancients of the people appointed judges that year. . . . And when the people departed Susanna went in and walked in her husband's orchard. And the old men saw her . . . and they were inflamed with lust towards her. . . . She went in on a time . . . and was desirous...
...Babylon and Nineveh and ancient Rome," cried he, "wallowed in the wealth of material prosperity, stood naked and unashamed in their perdition?and suc- cumbed. But the human lamp posts of Xero. the men, women and children thrown to the lions at the Colosseum for a Roman holiday, gave us the artesian springs of Christianity that rule the world, while the splendors of Rome are almost forgotten memories...
...degree. Since then, on account of his health, he has traveled much, has slept on Stromboli's quaking sides, on beds of rosemary in Corfu. He speaks French, German, Italian, Spanish, knows Greek and Arabic. He lecture-toured the U. S. in 1927. Other novels: Forward from Babylon, Seacoast of Bohemia, Day of Atonement, Store of Ladies, The Miracle Boy, Give Up Your Lovers...
...January, Dr. Monroe will sail for Iraq, site of ancient Babylon, Ur. Ninevah. Now a British Mandate, Iraq will enter the League of Nations next year, end British control. Dr, Monroe's job with the Iraqi will be to modernize their schools, train them along occidental lines...