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...imaginary characters be continuously entertaining when imagined as spouting from mythical Helen of Troy, legendary Galahad or biblical Eve? Here is the triangle of Eve, Lilith, and poor old Adam, who gets tossed up and down in the web of their attractions like a fresh-man in a blanket. First Lilith gets him, then Eve, then Lilith, then Eve. (Then he gets a son. The gaieties of Author Erskine's dialog which can be so easily minimized by an understanding of his easy tricks remain as insidious as ever; and now as he points out once more the original...
...football crowd, immediately let out of the stadium. Surprisingly enough there is comparatively little boisterousness. There is a composure which is almost marked enough to be termed bovine; there is content. The tramp of tens of thousands of shuffling feet, the clink of colas in the Salvation Army blanket, the dolorous wheeze of the organ man, the shouts of the game extras, the smell of popcorn and frankfurters--these are what the artist designates as local color. And the fact that the scene passes, not to be viewed again until another autumn makes it more impressive and more indelible...
...Grand Banks are one of the most treacherous spots in the world. Sudden fogs blanket the ocean for days, the sea is calm one hour out of every 360, and the huge green ice blocks are a constant threat to the fishing smacks which roam the Banks for weeks at a time...
...President and Mrs. Coolidge made ready to "break camp" in the Black Hills. Autumn, Washington, Duty were calling. But first they issued a blanket invitation to the villagers of Hermosa, between the state lodge and Rapid City, where they had been going to church the past summer, for a lawn social. Hermosa's census shows only a few score of residents, but hundreds acted upon the invitation. The young Reverend Rolf Lium, their summer pastor, stood beside his host and hostess to introduce every one. They had ice cream, cake, a cavalry band...
...This urge had taken clear form in men's minds by the opening of the 20th Century. Dreamers dreamed world Utopias. Statesmen fashioned a league and a court for the world's nations. In Germany and Russia, political reformations of the world were attempted. Scientists planned to blanket the earth with radio power waves from common world generators. Men flew around the world, proposed a world language, spun world-wide business networks...