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...rambling, pointless harangue against the Court which was printed in next day's Hearst- papers. In Washington, Mrs. Roosevelt asked: "Is it really the spirit of our country, men and women, young and old, that they are afraid to join the World Court? I cannot believe it. ... I beg of you to let your representatives in Congress know at once." But above them all, for the second time that day, sounded the great voice from the Shrine of the Little Flower: "If you want to keep peace in America, keep clear of the League Court. I beg...
...down on Sean O'Casey's play, written in understandable indignation at Boston's occasional stupidity in the matter of censorship, runs a little wild in matters of fact. I take it, from your reference to the critics, that you haven't read the play; in any case, I beg to differ with your statement that it has been termed "great" by the "most experienced dramatic critics in the United States." Some of them said that, some said quite the contrary, most were agreed that it was considerably inferior to O'Casey's best work...
...Pont (puffing hard on an empty pipe) : I beg your pardon...
...your issue of Nov. 5, on p. 69, under the caption of Books, your reviewer describes the voice of Edna St. Vincent Millay as "clear but excitingly husky." With this description I beg to differ, having heard Miss Millay on her trip to Dallas several years ago and also several times over the radio....I recall the sweet clear soprano of her speaking voice distinctly. In her lines from The Buck in the Snow especially, her voice registered high treble. In fact, to me, it was "excitingly soprano...
...that into the royal laps had been thrust not a death-dealing pistol but a petition signed by the man cut down, Captain Alexander Sumar, retired. "I am tubercular," read the Captain's petition. "My disease caused me to be retired from Your Majesty's service. I beg to be reinstated...