Word: orienteers
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...that the eruption is her protest against his absence. In support of this theory they say that when, in 1924. Dr Jaggar left Hawaii for a visit to New York, Kilauea promptly became rampant and that its last previous outbreak (1925) came while Dr. Jaggar was traveling in the Orient...
...courtyard which is the feature of the building is visible from every part of the building, numerous angles being presented by the many doors; all of which open on it. Consequently, in this way, unity of plan is obtained and the visitor is able to orient himself. The top story of the court is enclosed with glass and is to be used for the exhibition of sculpture...
Last week Rear Admiral Bristol said, reassuringly, at Constantinople, as he took the Simplon Orient Express for Paris: "Turkey has now become a robust nation with no fear of her most promising future...
...wears no special uniform but is visibly "a confident citizen of two worlds." He is about 50, ordained only after having shown special qualifications for the spiritual life. His training has consisted in study of Christ's life and two or three years in the Orient to become familiar with mysticism at its source. He comes not to do, or say anything, primarily. He comes "to BE something...
EAST INDIA AND COMPANY?Paul Morand?A. & C.Boni ($2.50). Perhaps when a Parisian sophisticate visits the Orient he is able to discover there an array of feminine beauty equal to that discovered in Paris, and an aroma of sophistication as pungently delicate as that with which he perfumes his handkerchiefs and his prose. If this is true, the short stories in this book are more than infinitely trivial, infinitely graceful potboilers...