Word: evens
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...very best thing about the Christmas number is that you'd never know it was one if the cover didn't say so. The cover, once again, is the most striking individual feature of the Lampoon, but that is not at all disparaging of what is under the cover. Even the Arrow collar advertisement on the back page is a little more artistic than usual
...spiritual significance of the taking of Jerusalem by the British without pointing out its spiritual significance to the Jewish people; without mentioning the Jews in any historical, religious or political sense whatever, as if the two words--Jew and Jerusalem--did not connote one another; and without even recalling the recent promise of the British Empire, given when the ultimate taking of Jerusalem was assured, that Jerusalem would be given to the Jews as soon as the conditions of war permitted. JOSEPH HOBBLIT...
That the Holy City will become the permanent property of Christiandom is more than a likelihood. The British campaigns against the Moslems have so far been successful, even though sometimes delayed. The power of the Turk has been weakening in the last half century, and does not seem to be recovering. So long as English progress continues, while the Mohammedans weaken, the lasting possession of Jerusalem seems assured. Unlike many places captured in war, this has suffered no bombardment, much to the satisfaction of all who wish the preservation of the relies of the past. A field of historical research...
...making moving pictures of a comic order three kinds of pies are used, one solid and two edible. The solid pie is made of upholstery and is used for long shots, but even on the long shots the closeup, showing the hit, is made with real pie. The two varieties of edible pie are custard and blackberry. Custard is more splashy; blackberry, by its color, photographs more vividly...
...dream to wonder what would happen if great men of former times came back to look on the present. We have been told what Abraham Lincoln would have thought of the war; we have heard what opinion Louis XIV would have held of the initiative and referendum; it has even been suggested how Isaiah would have received Billy Sunday. Strangely, however, no one has ever informed us of Phillips Brooks' words, should he enter Phillips Brooks House. For the Bishop was an inveterate smoker. He purchased a brand of long, black cigars, which were not labeled Colorado Claro, and these...