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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...than West Virginians. Wisconsin's Voights are easily distinguishable one from another, Charles's face being longer and plainer than handsome, smiling Edward's. West Virginia has two Sharp brothers in politics and they are identical twins. Summers H. Sharp, circuit judge at Marlinton, W. Va., often visits Charleston, the capital, where George Sharp is Secretary of State. When both are in town at once, people rub their eyes and Negroes get the "jim-jams." George Sharp has been mentioned as a gubernatorial candidate and West Virginians say that, should he choose to run, he could (with...
...portraits of the ladies who belonged to that dissolute court managed by Louis XIV of France, there often appears the dark and ambiguous figure of a black dwarf. In an article published by the Messenger, famed Negro periodical, one J. A. Rogers offers a by no means unlikely explanation of the pictorial presence of these creatures...
...Goodwin-Fuller feud is entering new realms. What started in the first act as one of the innocuous little duds so often hurled by Mr. Goodwin suddenly exploded, and Mr. Goodwin became the ex-Registrar. Act II was a banquet of condolence at Worcester. Tragedy was shoved off the boards by a triumphal burst as friends acclaimed in Mr. Goodwin the next Governor of Massachusetts. He neither accepted nor vetoed the proposition definitely; but he hinted at favor if the people so willed. No astrologer is needed to prophesy that Goodwin vs. Fuller will be the main contest...
...adjective of "harried" has come to be a banality, so often has it been applied to the Senior. In the crush of these for distinction, divisional examinations, tutorial conferences, and job hunting something has had to be sacrificed. The opening by Doctor G. H. Maynadier of the competition for Commencement speaking parts brings to mind one of those traditions which hectic times have forced into an undeserved subordination...
...title of an issue and the contents within often show a wide divergence. For instance, a Vaudeville Number may deal with various forms of the theatrical and in nine cases out of ten there are violations of the general tone of the issue. It is pleasing to see that those responsible for the current Lampoon have from the very first picture (a realistic one to the Haveler who knows the American Express in Paris) set a tone which is maintained throughout. The clever page ornaments, the drawings of various climes (in which every part of the world is represented...