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...claims too much. My acquaintance with people having "the poorest of ears" runs into the thousands, not one of whom has been helped by the "aid" advertised. Some 1,500 children with hearing more or less defective attend the schools for the deaf in various parts of the country???several being located in and near New York. There are 50,000 graduates and former pupils of these schools living in this country who would know of the aid if it was worth what is claimed for it. The vendors of the "aid" could go to the schools, the churches...
...Without English, opera will either die here before many years, or remain what it has long been in this country???the privilege of a few. With English text, it may be a joy for millions of Americans, who now know it chiefly through the 'movies' and the broadcasters...
...Auckland Geddes said: "It seems to me that as I go back to my own country???I who came here as an Ambassador of the King of England, as a representative of the British Empire?I go as a sort of deputy assistant American Ambassador. I want to tell my countrymen what you are doing and what you are. . . . There is more ignorance of America in Europe than any American dreams. . . . And I do not believe that all your countrymen are fully informed of England...
Lord Grey, with his customary bluntness, said that the base could be aimed at only one country???Japan. Although the United States is a great naval power in the Pacific, it could not be supposed for a moment that the Singapore preparations were against that country. He thought it would be better to admit that there was a possibility of war, however remote, with Japan. Even so, "was the expenditure at Singapore really necessary ?" He then made some critical remarks on the naval base and its relation to the Washington Naval Agreements...
Woodrow Wilson's life, according to Washington correspondents, has of late consisted largely of refusing offers to lecture for Chautauqua. One Chautauqua manager declared that the ex-President would be the greatest attraction in the country??? could name his own price. But Mr. Wilson is obdurate...