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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Will you be good enough to correct an item which appeared in your issue of April 2 [p. 13]? I refer to the note about Ivan Mestrovitch, the eminent Jugoslav sculptor, of whom you say that "he has been retained by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation at high fees to execute the plaques which accompany its $25,000 peace prizes...
...after midnight. I had lingered long over TIME, and despite the interest of its contents was just falling into a doze, when an item passed beneath my eyes, and shattered my slumber Appropriately enough, it was an earthquake story which did it, appearing under the head SCIENCE in TIME, March 12. This item referred to a quake shock at "dreadfully hot Bakersfield," and seemed to imply that a series of mild shocks felt here about ten days ago was a fulfillment of a prophecy of Prof. Willis of Stanford for earthquake at Los Angeles...
...affairs with astonishment. The Terrible Turk always conjured up visions of a lean, ferocious individual thirsting for infidel blood and who would neither be tempted by the movies nor have any difficulties over the size of the seats if he did frequent them. But the recollection of another item of news from Turkey goes far to explain the enigma. No doubt it was the abolition of the harems some years ago that enabled the Turkish male to discard his savage mien and fighting figure. With but one wife to engage his attentions, he can afford to neglect his diet...
Gossip of the week among the publishers includes the interesting item that Lytton Strachey is reported to be considering Queen Elizabeth and her period for his next work. Remembering "Eminent Victorians", we feel constrained to admit our interest and express the hope that the report is not without basis...
Last week, Mr. Ripley's "Believe It or Not" contained an item which caused amazement to many a student of human anatomy. The item: "Marechal de Bas-sompierre poured 13 [pint] bottles of wine into a vase and drank it in one breath-as a toast to the 13 cantons of Switzerland." Mr. Ripley had proof for this statement in French histories, which told how Marechal de Bassompierre, famed convivial, was sent by King Louis of France in 1625 to recruit Swiss guards and gain a pledge of allegiance from the Swiss cantons. Two Manhattan physicians, last week, said...