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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sketches of the "Regina Bonarum" and John the Orange Man, these papers find their principle of unity in the delightful mingling of seriousness and humor with which they are treated. Mr. Batchelder is the true antiquarian. He delights in pursuing a word, a custom or a tradition to its origin and tracing its history as far as he can follow it. But, having done this he is not content to present the bare result in tabular form; he brings his scattered facts into relation with larger ideas and shows their bearing upon the movement of important institutions...
...Senator Sheppard, Democrat, of Texas, delivered a speech eulogizing President Wilson and reviewing the origin and progress of the League of Nations...
...Origins. The "cradle of the human race," believed by Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn, of the American Museum of Natural History, and other paleontologists to be in Central Asia, was really in Central Europe, according to Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, distinguished physical anthropologist, of the U. S. National Museum. The earliest known true men lived in Europe, and the skeletons of extinct apes have been discovered there. He set the origin of man at 400,000 or 500,000 years...
...Pope arrived on foot, dressed in white from slippers to zucchetto, preceded by the Swiss Guards, whose gorgeous uniforms owe their origin to Michelangelo. After seating himself upon the throne, His Holiness was greeted by profound obsequies from the assembled Cardinal Bishops, Cardinal Deacons and Cardinal Priests. "Exeunt Omnes," cried the Papal master of ceremonies, and all but the Cardinals departed...
Budget System?"Our main problems are domestic problems. . . . Orderly retrenchment is bringing our expenses within our means. The origin of this has been the determination of the American people, the main support has been the courage of those in authority and the effective method has been the budget system. . . . This system is a law of the Congress. It represents your will. It must be maintained and ought to be strengthened by the example of your observance...