Word: mountains
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pictures in the current show were made in the Austrian Tyrol and in Maine and they embrace a broad variety of subjects. Among the more striking landscapes is a magnificent shot of a verdant Alpine valley under the shadow of a towering mountain head wall. Especially illustrative of the delicacy of Dr. Porter's technique are the flower studies including a translucently vivid composition of dogwood branches and flowers and a superbly detailed picture of a single rose. Perhaps the most interesting subject content is offered by the pictures of a Tyrolean mountain church yard and an excitingly beautiful picture...
Twelve hours later his men were beaten back with heavy losses. Next day was spent in wary shadow-boxing on both sides. Haile Selassie formed his Imperial Guard on Chessad Ezba, a mountain eight miles from Lake Ashangi, spread his support on surrounding peaks. Marshal Badoglio had assembled 200 bombing and pursuit planes. He had Alpini and Sabauda Divisions facing the Ethiopian Guard and was able, after an amazing forced march, to whip another division of leather-footed Eritrean native troops along Haile Selassie's right flank...
...State College at Manhattan, he extemporized on "Science and Humanism in Higher Education." At Excelsior Springs, Mo. he told the Central States Bankers Association that "Happiness has nothing to do with prosperity. . . . The Depression may-have been a blessing in disguise for some, because they found the bypaths and mountain trails to happiness...
Once a sturdy mountain climber. His Holiness has long held to a routine which would have downed many another man his age. He insists on arising daily at 6 a. m., hates to be bothered by any of the 20 doctors who comprise the Vatican staff, though he is said to be suffering from endocarditis, an inflammation of the membrane lining the cavities of the heart. He sometimes appears bothered with heaviness of the limbs, must be discreetly supported by attendants. Though Pius XI still orates with vigorous gestures and mobile expression (see cut), he has lately surprised groups...
Wheaton girls taking parts are Elizabeth Magill as Cecily, Mary Hill as Gwendolyn, Lady Blacknell, and Dorothy Mountain as Miss Prism. Mrs. H.C. Ballon, formerly connected with the Wellesley "Barnswallows," will direct the production...