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...Sink or Swim, Adolf Hitler's My Battle. Those U. S. readers who recall Author West's little-noticed satire, Miss Lonelyhearts* will expect something pretty funny as the upshot of this medley and they will not be disappointed. A Cool Million, of the Dismantling of Lemuel Pitkin is really a U. S.-imitation Candide. Though Author West's satire lacks the bite of Voltaire's, it is sharp enough to take the hide off more than one victim...
...Lemuel Pitkin, whose story begins in typical Alger surroundings, with a widowed mother, a mortgaged New England house and a villainous lawyer, quickly passes on to breezier events. Encouraged by his friend, "Shagpoke" Whipple, a smalltown banker, to seek his fortune in the big city, Lemuel sets out for Manhattan, falls victim to a confidence man. and is jailed by mistake. Here his dismantling begins: all his teeth are pulled out by order of the kindly warden. Lemuel is surprised to meet his friend Shagpoke in prison. To Lem's commiseration the bankster replies: "I am an American businessman...
Robert Remington Covell '35 of Newport, Rhode Island, was elected president of the Pierian Sodality at a meeting of the organization last night. Other officers elected were; Edward G. Acomb '35, vice president; Lemuel B. Hunter '37, secretary; Robert F. Dine '37, treasurer; Albert G. Sweetser '37, manager; Arthur Ellison '37, assistant manager; and George W. Brown '37, librarian...
...Alger, T. G. Allen, F. W. Andrews, H. D. Arenson, J. P. Austin, M. L. Harnet, J. H. Bartol, H. A. Bates, Arthur Heane, J. E. Bird, Lamaon Hlaney, A. A. Hliss, Lemuel Howden, C. E. Brown, S. R. Callsway, R. M. Clafin, J. L. Clark, R. S. Clark, G. B. Clay, R. M. Cohen, G. H. Colins, K. E. Colton, G. VanD. Comfort, Michael Cudahy...
Sued. Elizabeth Dobson Altemus Eastman, Philadelphia socialite, mother-in-law of John Hay ("Jock") Whitney; and her son James Dobson Altemus; by one Estelle F. Maxwell, 28; for $100,000 for preventing Miss Maxwell's marriage to Lemuel C. Altemus. whom Mrs. Eastman divorced in 1911; in Philadelphia...