Word: cats
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this episode, there appears the story of a man who claims to have experienced the sensation of dying enough times to have exhausted the resources of a cat. He defines dying as "the process of passing from that quickened consciousness we term life into that black borderland which, so far as we know, edges eternity". Then, in an article written just before an operation which proved fatal to him, he tells of the various ways in which he had previously met death:--by falling down an elevator shaft, from the effects of a mine explosion, from a shell-wound, from...
...explanation is still somewhat incomplete. Man may crave excitement: but it is curiosity that really killed the cat. The Greek philosopher who jumped overboard into the Aegean in order to test Plato's theories on the immortality of the soul, was merely the first fool of his kind. A modern husband who killed himself in order to see whether his wife had gone to heaven or not suffered from the same infirmity of mind. Critics of journalistic sensationalism should be more tolerant: instead of an incitement to crime, the green and pink and yellow sheets are simply a relief...
Peace Offer. The cat is out of the bag in Rome! It appears that Herr Hugo Stinnes' real purpose in going to the capital of Italy a fortnight ago was to propose a basis for a Ruhr peace settlement. The attitude of Italy and Belgium to the Ruhr question, combined with a visit of the Belgian Foreign Minister, M. Jaspar, to Milan, where he conferred with Mussolini, make the diplomatic smoke screen fairly transparent. It is the most unlikely thing in the world that the Belgian statesman came expressly from Brussels to exchange nonsensical urbanities with the Italian premier...
...voice "held the habitual tone of a bagpipe collapsing." Then there is Mrs. Crum, hard-working mother-in-law, whose voice was "an echo of the spirit of '76," a not altogether unamiable creature. Young Eddie follows the general literary pattern of small boys. He tries to chloroform the cat, gets bad marks at school, is beloved. The daughter, Adelaide, is the high spot of the Pinney family. She is gifted with a budding intelligence which begins to blossom under the beneficent influence of her pleasant if uninteresting romance with a book agent whom she finally marries. Adelaide...
Since the time of lay and Franklin, the ministerial wages have not been raised. The traditional equipment of a consul's office, a stool, an alarm-clock, a cat, and a cuspidor, does not inspire an ambitious man with optimism. "Cabbages and Kings" present a consular paradise which might appeal to some; but at present, none can afford to enter the foreign service without private means. Adventure, travel and hard work may suit a young man for a short time, but unless more material incentives are provided, a permanent, expert staff cannot be maintained...