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When President Roosevelt had the good judgment to send them Mr. Daniels, Mexicans could see at first only that they were expected to receive the Yanqui* who was Secretary of the Navy when it bombarded Veracruz in 1914. Ambassador Daniels was called a "living insult" to Mexico-last year. Today the politicos of Mexico City can scarcely believe they ever were so dumb...
Referring to "Sacred Subject" (TIME, Nov. 5, p. 14), by no stretch of the imagination can it sensibly be inferred that Mr. Gay offered an insult to our President. Unlike the demagogic gesture of Chappie, his remarks were consistent...
...recent "Crime," reference was made to "plump maidens, attired in healthy bloomers, who shriek with delight as they force their Lotharios to wallow in the mud"; these being the girls from Winsor. The writer, adding insult to injury, associated these same girls with some whom a "gentleman" could not identify as male or female. And later in this same article, the author mentions "the menace of Winsor." We think these remarks in very bad taste, especially when one considers the fact that the very girls whom the unknown author accuses of being unmaidenly are the same with whom he does...
...letter calls attention to the prosecutor's chief argument, based mainly on the alleged insult to the University, and maintains that a plea for clemency by the University would result in release as it did in the case of two girl rioters who were on trial a few weeks...
...usual, Mr. Arliss is himself in an excellent comedy production, and this time he is not hampered by the exactions of an historical role. Cabot Barr--for some reason not entirely clear, the last gentleman--is a crotchety old New Englander, who delights in insulting the lesser members of his family. And it is a compliment to his ability that he can insult them, for they are a pretty scaly lot. His sister Augusta (Edna May Oliver) is a scrawny, self-starting weeper; his only son (Donald Meek) is a fawning, scheming hypocrite, who spends his time making a record...