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...Chicago. It is rapidly becoming a convention for the critics of Chicago to hail every week as a great artist some singer hitherto ungraced by U.S. laurels. Two weeks ago it was Baritone Bonelli. Last week it was Luella Melms, coloratura singer, born in Appleton, Wis. She made her debut in Rigoletto. Staid people have been foolish enough to believe that a mod ern audience could not be more than politely moved by the graceful insipidities of the old score-that the days were past when a perfect trill was a signal for young men in evening clothes to unhitch...
...hail the Anti-Fanatic League! May it prosper and grow fat throughout the land where intolerance is still measured in terms of "difference from...
...moment when the bread and wine were consecrated, a gong rang and the kneeling congregation intoned "Blessed, praised and adored forevermore be Jesus Christ on his throne of glory." Every session of the congress began with an "Ave Maria." The favorite hymn was one ending with the refrain, "Hail, Mary, full of grace." Rosaries, crucifixes and sacred images were offered for sale to the members. During the three days of sessions a number of eminent churchmen spoke, among them, Father Shirley C. Hughson, of the Order of the Holy Cross: "The Episcopal Church has its roots in the original Apostolic...
Commented The Spectator, famed conservative weekly review: We suggest that when the Prince has had the rest which he richly deserves ... he might strike a balance between dignified isolation and the 'hail-fellow-well-met attitude' by attaching himself to some public cause . . . [and] by the regular application of his energies put an end to any false notion that he desires to live a butterfly existence...
...Omaha the President appeared before the American Legion Convention. There were tremendous cheers. The band played Hail to the Chief, and Mrs. Coolidge was given a bouquet of roses by the Massachusetts delegation. Texas gave the President a ten-gallon hat, and he wore it for a few moments amid guffaws...