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Although, in Ohio, hospitals, being incorporated as charitable in- stitutions, are not liable for damages on account of errors or mis- takes of their employes, the Sam Smith lawyer raised newspaper thunder last week. A county judge, Carl Weygandt, refused the hospital's request to hush up the affair, himself visited the hospital (and Mrs. Sam Smith). He found a nurse, Gretchen Meyer, who had bathed the baby three times during each of the obfuscated days. She "regretted her lack of observation" and said she did not learn the Sam Smith's baby's sex until...
...Julius Puppe of Pittsburgh, attempted to serve a writ of attachment on the Columbia, because Dr Puppe claimed that Mr. Levine has owed him $11,000 since 1924. Lawyers suggested that both parties apologize, that Mr. Levine pay Dr. Puppe an unnamed sum. The German press politely tried to hush the incident...
Horrified, the Warden attempted to hush these shrill cries. But the face of M. Louis Barthou only crinkled in a smile: "Eh! mes petits, do I then resemble your so many 'papas'-what is the mystery...
...line falls upon the ear without touching a clear note-a misty whitethorn treble, superstitious minors, full-throated, Beowulfian bass. Had the Metropolitan singers at last fortnight's premiere (TIME, Feb. 28) only recited these lines, there must still have been an impressive part of the long hush, the volleying applause and the 37 curtain calls that acclaimed "the greatest U. S. opera...
...clean, and someone arranges the windows and door to prevent a draft but assure ventilation. Usually there is a search for a pair of eyeglasses, but as "Copey" keeps an innumerable quantity of these, variously ground for varying type-sizes and occasions, the search is brief and successful. A hush falls. Some one takes his last cough. "Copey" waits for another last cough and, if none comes begins to read...