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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Recently a young man in Portland, Oregon, under the impression that he too, could learn 'o play in thirty days, purchased what is called a cornet. Being more than commonly considerate, he took the instrument to a vacant lot, and there, behind sheltering bill boards, gave vent to his musical complex. Such was the reward of his virtue, however, that he was taken to the police station as a "suspicious person." The following morning a wise judge praised his thoughtfulness in not practicing where he would disturb the neighbors and sent him back to the lot...
...Trotzky is temperamentally a dictator who believes himself destined to rule the world. Zinoviev is a gay liver, a lover of wine, champagne and good cheer. He has suffered a lot and knew privation in his youth; and now abandons himself licentiously to pleasures. The dancers of the old Russian ballet and the beautiful women of Leningrad are flattered to be the friends of Zinoviev. Being very generous, nothing is too precious for his friends. Pearl necklaces, Imperial jewels, famous paintings, Gobelin tapestries are to be found today in the hands of the women who enjoy Zinoviev's friendship...
...praise for me-but certainly a whole lot of credit...
That Harvard students are a thrifty lot no longer remains to be proved--at least in the minds of J. August and his salesmen. The firm's advertisement in yesterday morning's CRIMSON declaring that two ties would be sold for the price of one occasioned a large patronage from the student body...
That Harvard students are a canny lot also is now an established fact. Not satisfied with double value they confronted the salesmen with various surprising propositions. Instead of asking for the advertised two ties, frugal minded students would buy one tie and then ask if its equivalent price might be devoted to underwear or something else for Spring...