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...oaths. The tide at last was turned by the two Protestant clerics. Rev. C. Johnson and Rev. W. Godfrey. Hopping up & down and shouting their loudest, they begged the mob to let Sir Richard up and let him pass, promised all manner of things in the heat of their fervent persuasion?which worked...
...share to the full the fervent hope and prayer of the Archbishops, Bishops and clergy for the success of the Disarmament Conference at Geneva. I am confident that my governments throughout the British Commonwealth will exert themselves to the uttermost to secure the largest possible measure of general disarmament, and their endeavors will be greatly assisted by your wholehearted support and prayers. I pray that Divine guidance may be with those who, in these anxious days, bear the great responsibility of directing the affairs of our own and of other nations...
...Marie Augusta Davey Fiske (Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske), 66, Grand Dame of the U. S. stage; of heart disease; in Queens, Long Island, N.Y. Death came at the home of her secretary, whose mother cared for Mrs. Fiske's 10-year-old adopted son. In accordance with her fervent wish, announcement of her death was delayed 24 hr. No one saw her in her coffin. Only three persons attended her funeral. Born of a theatrical family, Mrs. Fiske began her career at the age of three; it extended, except for a four year retirement after she married Harrison Grey...
Among the many famed lovers of Amandine Lucile Aurore Dupin Dudevant (George Sand) was the volcanic lawyer, Michel de Bourges, who upon completing a fervent lecture on republicanism, would lock her in her bedroom to meditate his philosophy. But that there were no lovers at all has occurred only to George Sand's loyal granddaughter, Aurore Sand (Mme Lauth). Indignant that there should be so much talk concerning the chastity of her illustrious grandmother, Aurore Sand sued Jacques Boulenger in her defense when he published The Early Loves of George Sand in 1928, but lost when the court ruled...
...Neilson from his accustomed activities, which have included writing scholarly books on Shakespeare and Chaucer; chaffing (he is witty, Scottish) with his German wife; endeavoring drily to confuse humorless alumnae and joining gaily in at class reunions (see cut), telling proudly how he was once kissed by a small, fervent blonde whom he had just berated and expelled from Smith...