Word: fabianism
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...same attitude that the older men had had. But a few of them had Mr. Marconi's attitude. . . ." The book which Mrs. Roosevelt is talking about is Prohibiting Poverty, a 131-pp. volume by a Mrs. Prestonia Mann Martin of Florida. Mrs. Martin, 71, is a onetime Fabian Socialist, wife of a lecturer at individualistic Rollins College (Winter Park, Fla.). At Rollins Mrs. Martin had lectured on her National Livelihood Plan. Her preamble is as follows: ALL OF THE NATION'S YOUNG PEOPLE OF BOTH SEXES, BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 26, AS A CONTINUATION OF THEIR...
...adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's prize novel about the first night nights on a South American airmail route. Far from being an aviation "epic," it is really a study of an airmail port in operation at a crisis. The hero of the picture is not Jules Fabian (Clark Gable), whose plane is blown to sea by a cyclone, forced down by lack of fuel, but Riviere (John Barrymore), the general manager of the air lines, who has to order Mme Fabian (Helen Hayes) to leave his office, rebuke his subordinate Robineau for being too familiar with pilots...
...picture into perfect focus. Partly because the acting and camera work are splendid and partly because it is a sincere effort to investigate an engrossing subject, Night Flight remains an exciting and intelligent production. Robert Montgomery, Lionel Barrymore, Myrna Loy, William Gargan, have minor roles. Good shot: Jules Fabian's plane breaking through the clouds into moonlight...
...this new work, Shaw has forsaken Marx and the Fabian Society and taken up new cudgels; but he is the same humorist. He takes himself no more seriously than he does his readers. He loves to shock people, although there are few things left that can shock them; and he continues to preach. He has taken a new track, but with the same engine...
...Cornish defeated Lucas, 15-10, 15-10, 18-15; S. E. Davenport, III, '34 defeated Wood, 15-6, 15-13, 11-15, 15-12; H. V. Blaster '33 defeated Ingalls, 15-10, 18-15, 17-15: L. A. Breck '34 defeated Martin. 15-8, 16-11, 15-6; Marshall Fabian '34 defeated...