Word: bedfuls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Premier Baldwin spoke at Reading and Bewdley to enormous crowds. At Reading he said: " I never thought there was a sufficiently large bed in this country to hold Asquith and Lloyd George, but they have climbed into the same one, and I think we will wait until morning to see which has kicked the other out." At Bewdley he outlined his general policy and said he knew what he was up against. The opposition seized upon the salient point of the Premier-his pipe. Free Trade posters depicted him smoking " Baldwin twist" in it and producing fumes labeled " high prices...
Hats and caps, 125; Overcoats, 62; Coats, 110; Rain coats, 10; Vests, 70; Trousers, 125; Shoes, 110 prs.; Shoes, odd, 60; Ties, 225; Collars, 230; Socks, 50; Articles of underwear, 500; Sweaters, 10; Scarfs, 10; Rubbers, 7 prs.; 1 bed and spring; 2 bed spreads; 1 graphophone; 25 records; Books, 300; Magazines, 3 1-2 tons...
...rest, we have the story of Paul's loves". I use the quotation marks advisedly, because nowhere in the book have I found any love that was more than animal passion or animal instinct, unless perhaps it be Paul's love for his mother on her death bed. Even Miriam, the mystic, the dreamer, apparently does not really love him. There is passion, physical attraction--plenty of that, but no love...
Apparently the Government gave Prince Friedrich Wilhelm permission to return for Christmas only, but rumor has it that once the Prince returns to his Fatherland his exile will be at an end. At the time of receiving permission to return he was ill in bed with influenza. Nothing was known as to the date of his departure...
...William R. Hearst is sometimes given credit for having started the Spanish-American war. Incidentally, it was Mr. Hearst's papers which sent Eastern children and nursemaids shivering to bed by the headline: SPANISH FLEET SIGHTED. Next morning it transpired that the fleet had been sighted in the far-off Caribbean. -The Infanta Isabel (born 1851) is the aunt of King Alfonso...