Word: heart
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Tears stood in the eyes of Rupprecht, now an aging, disappointed man. "My heart bleeds," he said, "as I see how under the rule of the Republic the beautiful structure of the past is being demolished, piece by piece. . . . The new rulers, animated by a fanatic hate, without understanding of our traditions" or our holy culture, are undermining the whole structure of the Fatherland...
Such a madman, such a King, could touch the Bavarian heart, fire imaginations, make the very enormity of his follies a .source of national pride. "What country but Bavaria could produce a king so mad as ours?" asked contented tradespeople as they grew rich supplying his luxuries. Even today, Ludwig II, who drowned himself in a fury at last, seems a hero to Bavaria...
Died. Payne Whitney, 52, sports-man-financier; younger (by three years) brother of Harry Payne Whitney; son of the late Secretary of the Navy (1885-89) William Collins Whitney; son-in-law of the late Secretary of State (1898-1905) John Hay; from a heart attack, while playing tennis; at Manhasset, N. Y. In 1924 he paid the third largest income tax in the U. S., John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Henry Ford surpassing...
...permanent plan. . . . To those that are dissatisfied with the results of last year's business I recommend a prompt resignation. . . . I wish such would quit. I am sincere in this wish. . . ." The vigor as much as the common sense of the words gave the grumblers a change of heart. Practically all went back to their work cheerfully...
Beware of Widows (Laura La Plante). Unfunny antics of a lady in love with a heart specialist who is pursued by all ladies. The principal pursuer is a widow with a bevy of husbands in her past. The lady in love breaks up the doctor's marriage and saves him for herself by shooting pearls at the bride, groom and minister from a garter-and-curling-tongs slingshot...