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...exhibition of French painting of the Eighteenth Century was opened Sunday at the Fogg Art Museum and will continue for two weeks, ending March 2. There are about 30 pictures, the majority lent by Felix Wildenstein, Paris. The other contributors are Sir Joseph Duveen and the California palace of Legion of Honor...
...Says he: it is impossible to legislate war out of existence, and not altogether desirable, for if it could be controlled it might be fun again. His suggested form of war "falls somewhere between a football match with large numbers of players on each side and an eighteenth-century battle." Rules: evenly matched forces (not more than 5,000 men a side), neutral umpires, short duration (two or three weeks). "The object of each army would be the capture of as many as possible of the enemy and of their company banners and regimental flags. . . . The agreed and standardized weapon...
...loan exhibition of French art, entitled "French Art of the Eighteenth Century", will open at the Fogg Art Museum next Monday, February 16, continuing until Monday, March 2. It comprises all the decorative arts of the period, including painting, sculpture, and cabinet work. The pieces, which amount to over 30, have already arrived, and have been provisionally installed in Gallery 17 of the museum...
College drinkers care little what happens to the Eighteenth Amendment. They drink--amendment or no amendment but with repeal of the prohibition act a college education would cost them less. On the other hand, the gents of the underworld focus their attention on the activities of the lawmakers. Their jobs depend upon a continuance of the present lawlessness of liquor sale...
Prohibition as it is, is far from successful--we need to tell no one that--even the Wickersham commission was fully aware. Intensified enforcement will gain no better results. The Eighteenth Amendment is inelastic--it cannot be adjusted to the demands of the present American populace--mainly because they are unaware of what they want...