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...first the Earlforwards were snug and contented as bonds in a safe-deposit box ? in spite of Elsie's shock ing appetite for an occasional square meal ? and Elsie, too, was as con tented as a servant can properly expect to be, except when she remembered her shell-shocked suitor, Joe, who had disappeared shortly before the Earlforwards' marriage. But Henry's passion finally proved too strong for him ? he ate less and less (food is so costly), to Violet's great anxiety and in spite of all she could do. And Violet, too, began to wither...
...quite simple gesture may suffice to bring forth a perfect volume of verbosity from the most unassuming. But they are at a disadvantage. A book is quite incapable of button holing you. At any moment it may be reduced to completely submissive silence by the reader's merely turn ing away his head. But does all this reticence imply a Spartan fortitude, hiding intolerable pain...
Arthur Brisbane, Hearst editor: " On Saturday, Nov. 24, a day of football games?Syracuse vs. Nebraska, Army vs. Navy, Yale vs. Harvard?I broadcasted the follow-ing sentiment throughout the country through the medium of the Hearst newspapers: 'Hard at work in some office, or factory, on some farm, or in some department store are young men that later will push a button summoning today's football heroes to their orders...
...captain loses his ship, he loses his command even when attend- ing circumstances point entirely to his complete exoneration from blame. The Navy can do no less." Each captain that loses his ship must bear a responsibility due to that loss. Even though a court honorably acquits him of blame he must first assume the responsibility for the ship he commanded. Only by maintaining this standard can the high ideals and traditions of the Navy be preserved...
...luncheon Mr. George thanked Newton D. Baker, former Mayor of Cleveland and former Secretary of War, for his speech of goodwill, in which he urged American cooperation in Europe. Mr. George also thanked him for his cooperation during the War. The rest of his speech was spent in back- ing Mr. Baker's plea...