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Though Congress vacated the Capitol fortnight ago, its manifold committees, regular, special, select and joint, were left last week with plenty of summer work to do. The House and Senate had ordered a mass of investigations, probes, surveys, inquiries, studies, inquests and hearings, each of which meant toil and travel for one or more members at public expense...
...Pope's remedies for these manifold evils are Prayer, Penance, Mortification. For this purpose he set the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, June 3, for the beginning of eight days of prayer for deliverance...
Against these manifold physical blemishes, the Master has struggled with gratifying success. He has set himself the task of making Winthrop attractive through the pleasant influence of his own personality. More than any other Master he has tried to know the members of his House through other methods than a stereotyped note of greeting or admonition. Dr. Ferry is the only one of his colleagues who is reputed to call each House member by his first name. At Christmas every student who was unable to go home for the vacation was asked to have Christmas Dinner at his home...
Henry Ford made the first automobile which could go a mile-a-minute. Its name was 999. It had spindling wire wheels, an exposed engine, a radiator which looked like part of an egg crate and perpendicular steering gear, like a truck. To get it started, the manifold had to be warmed with a blow torch. The November day in 1902 when 999 made its stupendous record at Grosse Pointe, Mich., the young man who drove it sat on a high open seat wearing a heavy double-breasted coat. His face, protected by goggles and deprived, by a windmask...
...Vagabond has always looked upon this explanation as rather too casual and flippant. It is true that much of his manifold works seem to spring from a brain clouded by the vapors of an addled egg or weighted with the soddeness of haggis, but there are flashing moments which can only be accounted for by the finest, most digestable port. True these vibrant moments when they happen to be historical as well are seldom correct, but who really cares. It is just as pleasant to dwell upon the imagined death of Danton as it is to come to grips with...