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Following the conference, "New-Week" claimed the "Hearst-Youth hatchet buried"-as farcical a misstatement as ever appeared in print. It cannot be denied that a few of those present had slightly too much regard for Mr. Hearst's altruism, and were rudely shocked when he was accused of ulterior motives. But the overwhelming majority came and went in firm opposition to his principles and methods. Talks by Hearst-writers Richard Washburn Child and Bainbridge Colby and indirect offers to become wavers of the Hearst banner did surprisingly little to alter their opinion. Drop in the bucket though...
...only did Governor Pinchot last week bury the hatchet with the Old Guard organization, thus throwing his personal machine into the Regular line and practically eliminating Democratic chances, but he also invited his longtime political foe, Senator Reed, to Harrisburg for a friendly handclasp. "There is no personal bitterness between Pinchot and myself," beamed Senator Reed. "I fought him as hard as I could and the Governor did not pull his punches...
...Flesh-colored fish. Schools of rare lampanyctus, hatchet fish, thousands of tiny squid...
English Comedienne Gertrude Lawrence swung a bottle of champagne against her new 30-ft. yacht, gift of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The bottle bounced back. Harder she swung and still harder, but without results. While spectators tittered, she picked up a hatchet and smashed the bottle. Then, out of breath, she christened the boat Grateful, took Donor Fairbanks and friends on a week-end cruise out of Southampton...
Last week AP had its annual meeting in the new Waldorf-Astoria, and out came the old hatchet. This time it was brandished over the question of news pictures. First to pick it up was Hearst's brainy general counsel, hawk-nosed John Francis Neylan of San Francisco...