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...last been served. Sunday their praises were carolled from the pulpit in a sermon whose text was indirectly taken from the Bible. Vanities, saith the preacher, my Vanity of Vanities is now showing in Boston. Speaking as a man of God, Earl Carroll deplored the rigid censorship of his nigh Eve like girls as they appeared in his musical comedy at the Shubert. He created art unappreciated by the staid Bostonian morality as voiced by City Censor Casey. Besides bare legs Mr. Carroll pleaded for more profanity on the stage of today; he wanted a revival of Flesh...
...what about Philip Snowden, the "Iron Chancellor" of British Labor, whom everyone knows to be a lifelong, well-nigh fanatical champion of free trade? The boldest part of Lord Melchett's speech was that in which he quietly brushed the power and prestige of the Chancellor aside...
Patriarch Miron Cristea drew nigh, his snowy hair surmounted by a Byzantine crown of massy gold, his right hand grasping the apostolic staff. Carol will not be crowned until next autumn. In a firm voice he read his Kingly oath, kissed the cross extended by the crowned patriarch, and, with tears on his cheeks spoke thus: "In keeping with the words of the gospel, I do not wish death to those who sinned against me, but I rejoice over every one who returns to the fold from which he never should have strayed...
...means obvious. After two more House Units have been similarly adorned, the resulting emblem hung against the sky might conceivably be appropriate for the Business School, but they should have thought of that in 1926. And as for intramural flag-pole sitting, the weathervane would offer a well-nigh insurmountable obstacle...
...rival union until it be came an organization of bums addicted to sabotage. Debs believed in political revolution by votes, not in physical revolution by torch and bomb. Significance. Debs was a character who stirred violent emotions. A judi cial appraisal of him by a biographer is well nigh impossible. Biographer Coleman presents him in a favorable light, popular izes him, tries to preserve a fair balance of fact. But his personal admiration for Debs too often gets control and sweeps him into passages of sloppy panegyrics. The story is the story of Debs, human, flashing, courageous, a great personality...