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...influence on the course of democratic government. As a result the two brief chapters in The Education of Henry Adams remain the best summary of Grant's limitations. In himself Grant seemed to contain several distinct personalities: 1) the timid man who could not refuse a gift or disappoint a friend; 2) the general who would not lose a battle; 3) the ignorant countryman who thought Venice would be a fine city if only it were drained; 4) the energetic administrator who habitually relaxed, when energy was most needed, into apathy and silence. Such bedfellows naturally made strange politics...
...what the British Association for the Advancement of Science has come to expect of its president, at its annual get-together for exchange of news and views. This year's president, William Whitehead Watts, 75, emeritus professor of Geology at London's Imperial College, did not disappoint B. A. A. S. when it convened last week in Norwich. Professor Watts talked about Earth. "The Earth." said he, "is 'a lady of a certain age,' but she has contrived to preserve her youth and energy as well as her beauty...
Best performers of all are the French Societe des Instruments anciens, founded in 1901 by Henri-Gustave Casadesus. Composed of some Casadesus brothers, friends and Mme Regina Patorni-Casadesus, this group has made several U. S. tours. But for all their smooth playing the Societe members disappoint experts in one notable way. They play their viols like violins instead of holding them between the knees, sawing resonantly as old-time players...
...Fish invited guests to meet the Grand Duke at a dinner and ball, but refused to include Jimmie Cutting. Mrs. Goelet demanded that he be invited. Mrs. Fish refused. Mrs. Goelet therefore would not let the Grand Duke attend the Fish party given in his honor. Unwilling to disappoint guests anxious to see royalty, Harry Lehr masqueraded as the Tsar of Russia, made a joke of the conflict, amused the absent Grand Duke...
Matching the Post in bad humor "Cissy" Patterson then sent her chauffeur to Eugene Meyer's home with a gorgeously decorated box. Inside was her card inscribed: "So as not to disappoint you.' Beneath a spray of freesia, sweet peas anc forget-me-nots, Publisher Meyer found pound of raw meat...