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...siecle crept up on weary Victorians and sent them seeking after "art for art's sake," Bunthorne withered the sunflower in Oscar Wilde's hand and made "Patience" a virtue. Later there came peers such as the House of Lords had never seen, chanting "Tantantara! Tzing! Boom!" On the other side of the world, a humane Mikado began tailoring punishments to fit the crime...
Since Lyricist Bud De Sylva left the team of De Sylva, Brown & Henderson a faint note of illiteracy has crept into the words of the remaining pair's songs. Mr. Vallee, A.B. Yale 1927, must wince a little when he has to sing...
...huge, beplumed headgear called "Merry Widow" hats. Their daughters now go in for cranial fillips known as Empress Eugenie hats, but The-Merry Widow, whence came their moth- ers' mode, is still tuneful and gay. Perhaps it is even more tuneful now, for a haunting nostalgia has crept into the lovely melodies of Franz Lehar...
Twenty-seven warships, like large grey mice, crept out of Narragansett Bay early last week and headed southwest into a grey squall. At their head was the new cruiser Chester flying the three-starred flag of Vice Admiral George Ralph Marvell. Aboard the 27 ships of the Navy's scouting force were 5,000 officers and men. Also aboard was gloom, for behind them in Newport were their wives and many a sweetheart. Forty miles to Long Island's tip slowly steamed the fleet, to drop anchor in Fort Pond Bay, sheltered by the curve of Montauk Point...
...items of good news crept into the German Press: 1) After a week of credit restrictions the Reichsbank boasted a net gain of $23,000,000 in gold reserves and foreign exchange. 2) While the U. S. auto trade struggled through the doldrums, exports of German automobiles for the first five months of 1931 showed considerable increase over the same period of last year...