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...item about Admiral Byrd, which needs a slight correction. It is true he did arrive ahead of schedule, and some of the committee who were to meet him came after he did, but we knew him at once. However, while we were talking with him, a Salvation Army lass came up with a ticket in her hand and wanted some information about trains. Although we joked about it, we all were impressed by his courteous and kindly treatment of the lady. How different some of the travelers, that stop off from Hollywood and New York, would have treated a similar...
...conventions of love-making have suffered many severe jolts since the period of Jane Austen's sentimental novel, "Pride and Prejudice." For the demure and innocent young lass of the 18th century, to be kissed was to be as good as married. Young men of today are bolder, and young ladies far less scrupulous. To enjoy the play version of "Pride and Prejudice" fully we advise that after you have completely relaxed in your leather-backed chair at the Colonial, forget all the progress of the last two centuries in the mating arts, and reduce your idea of the animal...
...seemed to reflect the purity of earth and air. It was the sort of day when a young man's thoughts turn to the contemplation of Nature's simple beauty. A student, weighty with books yet light with joy and good feeling, smiled at a little, rosy-checked lass who was patting the snow with her red-mittened hands. The sweet innocence on her round face made him wistful, and for a moment he lost his carefree look. But to show his supreme faith in childhood, he stooped down, pinched her check, and walked on with a sigh. Two seconds...
...night in their private car in Vienna Station, then slid comfortably off to be greeted at Hungary's border by deafening peasant cheers, repeated at every station. Alighting at Budapest amid such a wild ovation as only emotional Hungarians can outpour, Countess Ciano kissed a small Budapest lass with Latin warmth and cried, "This kiss means Italy's love for all Hungarian girls...
...than any other single individual. Stripped of all its cultural appeal, the Great Lakes Exposition will be put across, if at all, by the bare body of Toto Leverne as displayed five times a day to the 1,000 pop-eyed customers of the French Casino. A Scottish lass, born Trudeye Davison, Toto Leverne went to Northwestern University for two years, quit in 1934 to dance...