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...Their feast over, the merchants streaked off for the beauty contest in the Auditorium, where a Miss Tennessee, a Miss Mississippi and a Miss Arkansas won hands down. After that there was a socialite tea, a horse show, and at night the President's Ball at the Tennessee Club, in honor of "Memphis Bill" Mallory. Somewhere during the previous proceedings Mayor Overton had been presented with a basin billed as Cleopatra's authentic bathtub, "4,000 years...
...greatest research as a chemist was on the subject of chlorophyll. On his walks through the Yard he will appreciate more than ever the verdant, luxuriant growth of a plant filled with chlorophyll, a plant called grass. From one end of the Yard to the other his eyes can feast upon the expanse of grass. From Holworthy to Wigglesworth, from Thayer unto Strauss he can take pride in both those plots of grass that still survive. He can erect a bronze tablet in honor of those brave young blades that pushed through the morass in front of Sever...
Jews have celebrated the Feast of Purim ever since as a day of deliverance. Last week brought the 14th day of Adar (March 1) in the Jewish year 5694. Many a Jew all over the world made merry. Even in Germany they were allowed to attend special Purim plays, advertise the feast in street cars. In Manhattan Mayor LaGuardia was given a basket of Purim figs, dates and wines sent by German refugees in Palestine. A message from President Roosevelt to the Jews was read by Congressman Sol Bloom on a nationwide broadcast...
...they beheaded Blasius after carding the flesh from his bones with an iron comb. Venerated increasingly by Roman Catholics, Blasius became one of the most popular saints in the Middle Ages. Churches and altars were dedicated to him. In 13th Century England it was forbidden to work on his feast day, largely because St. Blasius' aid was held sovereign against throat and lung diseases...
Last week brought the feast of St. Blasius (Feb. 3) and in all Catholic churches his blessing was given to those desiring cure or prevention. Holding aloft two crossed candles priests intoned: "Per intercessionem Sancti Blasii liberet te Deus a malo gutteris et a quovis alio malo" (May God at the intercession of St. Blasius preserve you from throat trouble and every other evil...