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...peculiar skill with which he follows his own. The Jackson of Summer was a man who played a role in political movements; Bassett sought vainly to imbue life into notes which scarcely left his library cubicle; Parton's was the unmodified hero of local tradition. Taking cue from his Pulitzer prize "Raven" of 1929, Mr. James meticulously introduces the reader to the individuals with whom Jackson came into contact, and allows "Old Hickory" to evolve his own character through the medium of direct quotation and factual narration...
...organization." Wrathfully organized labor pointed out that "merit" would be made a cloak behind which manufacturers would discharge union workers. NRA's Labor Advisory Board reluctantly accepted the stipulation, warned that it was no precedent. But other non-union code makers in Washington quickly took their cue from the automobile industry, began writing "merit systems" into their labor agreements...
...enters more than one beauty contest. She enters a series of them promoted by one Muldoon (Sam Hardy) in various cities, always under a different name and always subsequent to having won over the local judges by her undeniable charm. It is then unscrupulous Muldoon's cue to offer her as the prize $1,000 or a non-existent ticket to Hollywood. Until the enterprising team reaches River Falls, Miss Damita habitually chooses the ticket to Hollywood, permitting her colleague to pocket the $1,000. At River Falls she asks for the $1,000, much to Muldoon...
...none too scrupulous stranger. When the stranger buys wine with his money, Ferraro does not object. When the stranger takes the liberty of inviting himself into the same hotel room, Ferraro remains tolerant. But when the stranger is mistaken for the tenor, Ferraro is delighted; it is his cue...
Another article which takes its cue from this side of the Charles is "College and the Poor Boy Is the Door Closing?" by R. T. Sharpe, secretary of Student Employment at Harvard. Probably the best essay is "A Squire's Complaint," by Walter Pritchard Eaton, the dramatic critic. Mr. Eaton raises his bitter pen against the defilers of our countryside, on the behalf of those urban people who desire to live in it. The government road-builders are shown to be the desecrators they are, and shoddy commercialism in excoriated. One would advise Mr. Eaton to give...