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...Thomas James Garland, Bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Philadelphia, is a shrewd, hard worker, not without a sense of humor. Born in Ireland, he has lived in Pennsylvania more than a quarter-century. His long toil in the vineyard has thinned and dried him. His diocese is wealthy...
Last week Bishop Garland had this statement to make: "They all seem to be afraid of hard work. It rather amuses me. I have borne the burden of the work here for the past six years. I am 62 and they are all younger men than I. The diocese has not lost standing. I am still Pennsylvanian enough to say if they have refused, let them refuse...
...Henry Knox Sherrill, rector of Trinity Church, Boston, was Bishop Garland's first choice. A graduate of Yale, aged only 38, Dr. Sherrill is popular, attractive. During the War he was an A. E. F. chaplain. Offered the Philadelphia position last May, Dr. Sherrill graciously explained that he preferred to stay in Boston...
...Dear Flo Ziegfeld: . . . What, my dear Flo, is your secret? . . . Thank you, my dear Flo Ziegfeld, for the musical comedy the town's been waiting for. . . ." -Robert Garland, in the Telegram...
...cherish memories of the true West and are surfeited with the false and discordant atmosphere shed by cheap novels and moving pictures will find refreshment, instruction, and entertainment in Mr. Collins' attractively illustrated work. If such praise sound profuse, the reviewer merely wishes to point out that Hamlin Garland, certainly an authority on the subject, is of the same opinion. In fact, he is even more enthusiastic being a true lover of the country described, and in his foreword tells the reader about Mr. Collins' qualifications to write on the subject...