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Unlike "that body at the other end of the Capitol,"* the House brought its 69th session to a good-natured end. Everybody was happy. Senator Nicholas Longworth was made to blush. On the day before adjournment, a Democrat, Representative Edward W Pou of North Carolina, sounded the name of Nicholas Longworth, said: A great many of us feel that our old enemy, the Republican Party, might do itself proud if in time it shall put him [Mr Longworth] forth as a candidate for the greatest office in the gift the American people and the entire world. He has been tried...
...twentieth century parlor games. To be successful in this newest diversion one must be equipped with encyclopedic knowledge, a devilish curiosity, and a detailed information on subjects ranging from to quote examples from the Transcript Wagner to "four important breeds of dairy cattle." The dilettantes will accordingly, remain to blush unseen, for the last requirement of victory is a college education. Ignorance is no longer a la mode...
...letter does not blush."-ED. *An error, the name is "Phipps."-ED. "The question was: "How did Judith, the Biblical character, murder General Holofernes ?" And the answer: "Judith murdered General Holofernes by cutting off his head."-ED. *The question was: "Why do nighthawks, thugs, rich idlers and cabaret girls object strenuously to the Rockefeller carillon in New York and to the proposed Crane carillon in Chicago ?" And the correct answer: "Nighthawks, thugs, rich idlers, cabaret girls, etc., object to carillons because the carillons disturb their hard-earned Sunday morning slumbers...
...upon its second year of answering a great many questions which would cause a Britannica Encyclopedia to go into hysterics. The well-meaning, secluded, unassuming little Desk is called upon to answer questions dealing with everything from a morgue to an employment office. The Sphinx of Egypt would blush with shame at its riddle if it could hear some of the enigmas coming over the wires to University...
...With a blush toward an English Gentleman...