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...course laid down for them. Oliver Essex, a beautiful, spoiled child, grows into a handsome snob, treats his doting father like dirt. In spite of that, Essex continues to pamper him. But when Oliver, at 18, wants (and gets) one thing his father never had-a sophisticated beauty named Livia-the Essex-&-son relation blows up, Oliver refuses to return. Meanwhile, Rory O'Riorden becomes a leading Irish revolutionist, a good man wasted, as his father has long since decided...
...when Oliver has ruined Livia, caused the suicide of Rory's beautiful sister, has shot down his friend Rory in the Irish revolution, and is himself hanged for murdering a cashier, the reader has the feeling that these disasters are not entirely the fault of the fathers; at least some of the guilt ought to be credited to the middleclass, middle-age, middle-of-the-road, muddled British morality of Author Spring himself...
...other Boylston prizes, each amounting to $35, went to James Cassels Higgins, Jr. '38, for an excerpt from "Anna Livia Plurabelle," by James Joyce, and to Jonas Norman Muller '40, who gave James Weldon Johnson's "The Creation...
...member of that Imperial family whose fine flower was Augustus, first Emperor of Rome. Born prematurely, and afflicted all his life with a limp, a stammer and a sense of humor. Claudius lived to thank his stars that he was not a conspicuous member of his clan. His grandmother Livia, Augustus' wife, was a woman of decided and dangerous character and her schemes for ruling the Empire made frequent use of murder. Claudius was not even allowed to marry whom he liked. The pretty girl he wanted was murdered on their betrothal day; thereafter he was given in succession...
Champagne was allegedly consumed in the funeral dining cars. For this and for all expenses not specifically ordered by herself Widow Bratianu last week stoutly refused to pay. Excitable Rumanian Treasury officials threw up their hands, told reporters: "We are greatly surprised at the attitude of Livia Bratianu! Possibly the King will intervene...