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Dressed, the President passes down a broad centre hall to the main staircase, or to the automatic elevator, which is nearer. On his left are guest rooms, furnished with tester beds, highboys, oldtime "wash-stands," rockers, clothes presses. On his right is the circular family sitting room, flushed with sunlight, a room with a generous fireplace, favorite easy chairs, favorite books, personal keepsakes-a warm home-like chamber...
...dictatorship may end tomorrow, or one knows not when. I believe that its end is nearer now than it has ever been. Finally, all depends upon King Alfonso. As long as the King supports de Rivera, he will remain in power. But the moment when the King refuses to support him further, the dictator will be doomed and the regime will fall. It is to be doubted whether the King can afford to support him much longer...
...think there is a fine human touch in that act, and nothing has brought the Throne nearer to the troubles of the poor than this unprecedented act by perhaps the most popular man in the world...
...fanciers turned their ears in the direction of Princess Jacqueline, brindle French bulldog, who was reputed to be "able to talk." They asked her to spell. She replied: "Wah the ell, wah the ell." They asked her to sing. She sang sourly. When she spoke, later, it was nearer English than French, nearer dog than English...
...learned yesterday that a survey is being made of the Charles River Basin in order to secure a course nearer the Boston side where the water is more calm. If its is possible to do so, a two mile course without any curves may be laid out starting near the new Cottage Farm Bridge and ending at the Cambridge Bridge. The present course is one and three quarter miles in length...