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...Howard Thurston, famed stage magician, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famed believer in spiritualism, last week conducted a little dispute. "Prof." Thurston had said Sir Arthur was easy to fool. Sir Arthur wrote back: "Apparently he [Mr. Thurston] thinks it easy to fool his audience, but he certainly never fooled me." Mr. Thurston eagerly replied : "Harry Houdini had himself locked in a box on the stage, a canopy was thrown over the box and Houdini appeared outside. Sir Arthur made the remark that in the presence and hearing of about 300 magicians that Houdini had disintegrated his body, slipped through...
...realization of what seemed to be a fool's dream has more than purely commercial significance. It is illustrative of the changed way in which men are projecting themselves down the years. The Pyramids insured the endurance of the dead pharaoh's name; the skyscrapers, tunnels and bridges of today are dedicated to the service of the people. But there are few more revealing ironies than that it is still the name of the man who pays that is perpetuated; only martyrdom to the work can make eligible the name of its creator...
...well-known legislator, the line has been busy with calls from travelling citizens who on finding themselves in his city, have seen fit to force upon him their opinions of the law which bears his name. Those who have suffered from strange greetings over the wire on April Fool's day alone, will realize the feelings of one who is likely to be aroused at any time of the night to hear drunken gurglings and witticisms, doubtless hinging about some such phrase...
...been said with much truth, that when a man exclaims. "Something ought to be done about this", he is in imminent peril of making a fool of himself. This remark holds rather well in practically any case; nowhere more timely than in matters dealing with the more theoretical aspects of existence-- education for example. So keeping the obvious moral well in mind, when the Vagabond decided to make a few observations anent the current tutorial system, anent the current tutorial discussion--entirely unofficially be it understood--he decided also not to urge that something should be done about...
...Mencken & Nathan has increased steadily since they formed their literary vaudeville team. Readers of the American Mercury, of which Mr. Mencken is editor, Mr. Nathan, dramatic reviewer, have smirked at the pair with the nervously good-natured tolerance that a stupid child affects when he sees "Billy is a fool" written upon the school wall. Intelligent critics realize the formula upon which these angry, mocking mimes base their performance. The grotesqueries which they flay are often genuine; but most intelligent people find more important things to think about than such grotesqueries. The admirers of the team of Mencken & Nathan...