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Pall Mall clubrooms buzzed last week with the story that a woman, with the full consent of the Labor Government, had taken a bath in the House of Commons. Buzzing was louder when it was learned that a prominent Cabinet Minister had practically demanded that the bath be taken. The facts...
Meanwhile in New York City taxi grumblings, never still, grew louder. All companies complained that current prices were too low for profits. The city has some 250 cab companies, owning 24,000 taxicabs, operated by 70,000 drivers. The prevalent rate, cheapest in the U. S., is 15? for the first quarter-mile, 5? for each succeeding quarter-mile. Small companies, ramshackle independents charge more; their cabs are avoided by the city-wise. All drivers get 40% of metred receipts. With twelve-hour shifts, day men may get $30 or $40 per week. Night men, with more business, say they...
...wife when she has but mentioned her new philosophy of love is anything but the strong solution which you expect from a playwright who charges his characters and their destinies with conviction. Playwright Stewart plays a small part himself, merely by the process of speaking a little louder than usual. This is nicely informal, but, in combination with Hope Williams' amateurism, it makes little progress toward the high comedy of which he seems potentially capable...
Kick Out, Kick In. Louder than words the Soviet raids said: "We mean business. China must yield to our demands respecting the Chinese Eastern Railway (TIME, July 22, et seq.). Under the treaty of 1924 we have the right to keep Russian officials on that line. You kicked them off last July. We have demanded ever since that they be reinstated. Our rights date back to Tsarist times, when Russian money built the Chinese Eastern Railway across Manchuria. We are ready to strike again. We have proved that you cannot resist us, even...
...were yesterday, the Vagabond can see Harvard Square as it seethed with angry rioting students. The resounding thuds of the officers' night sticks, still echo in his ears and drift away to mingle with the sounds of strained intercollegiate relations that once burst forth ringing in his ears far louder than the traditional cry of Reinhart which occasionally floats up from the Yard on the night...