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...they dashed frantically to the left. The next moment a rolling cloud of snow preceding the avalanche swept down upon them and they vanished, completely blotted out like insects. "It was the most terrible spectacle I have ever witnessed. The roar grew louder as the clouds of snow swept nearer, moving with incredible velocity, while here and there vicious tongues of ice shot out under the confused jumble of great ice blocks rolling and sliding down." The dead: Chettan, oldtime porter, member of the last three Himalayan expeditions. Injured: Climber E. Schneider and two porters...
...Paris." Commentators on marriage have been Mr. Hamilton, and Mrs. Hamilton's onetime playwright husband Guy Bolton. Said Mr. Hamilton: "If a man doesn't make love to his wife at least once a day, another man will. Marriage is not a 50-50 relationship. It is nearer 90-10.'' Said Mr. Bolton: "Marriage is a process, not for prolonging the life of love, but for mummifying its corpse...
...Union the only place for freshman dining halls. Memorial Hall has been suggested; but it is not the only alternative. The Union is probably as far a walk from some of the Yard dormitories as any building in the University. There are buildings in the Yard, or nearer the Square end of the Yard which could be used. What seems to recommend the Union to the Overseers is the cheapness with which it can be converted. I suggest that the University could better afford to build a new set of freshman dining halls than to sacrifice a most valuable possession...
Noticed by Capt. Sir Arthur Henry Rostron of S. S. Berengaria upon approaching Manhattan last week: that the Gulf Stream was flowing nearer shore than he had ever seen it in 40 years of seafaring. Deduced by Capt. Rostron: this shift is responsible for Manhattan's milder win- ters, heavier fogs. Predicted by Capt. Rostron: if the Stream's shift continues many more years, a climate for Manhattan like Bermuda's, "palm trees on Long Island...
...Cape of Good Hope, north to St. Helena, to the Cape Verde Islands (where he stayed ten months to write this book), to the Azores, and home again. He had been gone five years, had sailed almost 40,000 miles. Says he: "As the end of my voyage drew nearer a great sadness took possession of me; the cruise was soon to end, and with it the happiest period of my life. . . ." At Havre Circumnavigator Gerbault was given a warm reception, a gold medal, was made officer of the Legion of Honor...