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...strange table in an alien land, painfully evoking the memory of a world that has been submerged into the past. . . ." Like Scheherazade and O. Henry, Werfel is not afraid to use language decoratively: ". . . The morning came on swift feet and looked down upon us with astonished eyes!" Nor to ornament his narrative with observations: "Man, in accordance with his gloomy disposition, has far greater power to visualize horror than to visualize delights. Dante's Hell is much more realistic than his Paradise...
...Democratic ornament of the old, plundergarten school is Senator Joseph F. (for Finch) Guffey of Pennsylvania. Joe Guffey, whose word used to be political law in Pennsylvania, by last week had reached such a pass that he was rated a considerable asset to the Republicans (including his opponent, Philadelphia's rich Jay Cooke...
...Note: (1) The General Laws of Massachusetts contain a broad admonition that Harvard endeavor to "impress on the minds . . . of the youth permitted in its care . . . the principles of chastity and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society." The appointment of Bertrand Russell does not contravene that clause, as Mr. Sullivan suggests. Dr. Russell has stated that while on a Harvard platform he will confine himself to his lecture subject--announced as logic and semantics--since "even if I were permitted to expound my moral views in the classroom, my own conscience would not allow...
...cited a section of the General Laws of Massachusetts as his authority for asking cancellation of Russell's appointment. This section demands that Harvard College endeavor to "impress on the minds . . . of the youth permitted in its care . . . the principles of chastity and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society...
...election as circuit judge in Klamath Falls, Ore. is none other than Henry Ashurst's brother, Edward Bates Ashurst. Slight, dapper Judge Ashurst first got elected to the bench in 1934, tried vainly in 1937 to join his brother in the U. S. Senate. He continued to ornament Klamath Falls with his ten-gallon hats, his string ties, sideburns, frock coats, morning trousers, and the fanciest flow of language west of Henry Fountain Ashurst...