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...before the National Committee met, the New Yorkers had dinner at the Shoreham Hotel. Swope sat with Charles Michelson, Charles S. Hand and John J. Leary, three of the World's ablest correspondents, at his elbow. Every few minutes he would turn to one or another of these correspondents : "Hand???call up New Hampshire!?[the New Hampshire National Committeemen]. Find out how they are going to vote!" A few minutes later the correspondent would come back, often with an unfavorable report. Swope was active among the delegates until the small hours of the morning, scolding, threatening, cajoling...
...boom, which may get him the Republican nomination if the other aspirants lock horns. At New Orleans he encountered Governor Parker of Louisiana. A reporter approached Mr. Lowden and asked about his candidacy. The gentleman from Illinois shoved out his hat. " See this," he demanded, " right in my hand???that's where my hat is?and it's going to stay there...
...books about small Middle Western towns?wondering why there should be so many books about small Middle Western towns?Babbitt?calling other people babbitts? being called a babbitt? The Bright Shawl with the only undersexed hero in recent fiction?goods books? books not even a reviewer would sell second-hand???the first half of The Judge?Lady into Fox?Through the Wheat?A Pocketful of Poses? Beasts, Men and Gods?letters by Franklin K. Lane?by Walter Hines Page?fat, interesting volumes and no time to read them...