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...story of James of Campostella, Patron Saint of Spain, was recently cited in connection with Spanish politics. It relates how, when the Saint died and went to Heaven, the Almighty, wishing to express appreciation of his apostle's conduct on earth, offered to grant any petition that he might make. St. James began by invoking the Divine blessing upon his beloved country and then entreated that Spain might always be known as possessing the bravest men, the loveliest women, the healthiest climate, the most fertile soil and, last, the most perfect government. " Stop," exclaimed the Almighty, " all your wishes...
...Then he remembered his deficit and forgot the state law against roughness. He pounded Downey into a state of collapse, and. vowing legal vengeance upon false Jack Druley, left for his Atlantic City camp to begin active training for" his fight with Dempsey. In Buenos Aires, Felix Bunge, Firpo patron, sheltered his protege's boxing science against the typhoon of criticism that has swept down upon it from the north. Senor Bunge exhibited to newspaper men cinemato-graphic analyses of Dempsey's style, in opposition to which, he stated, Firpo's technique had been specially evolved. Boasted...
Last week at 2 a. m. two black and one white Frenchmen entered a Mont martre cabaret. Hardly had they sat down when a patron, said to be a U.S. citizen, complained to the manager. The manager crossed over to the trio and requested them to leave. They refused. The manager persisted, argued, entreated, ordered and finally threw them...
Archer M. Huntington, millionaire patron of the arts: " Popular vote (at New York City's Silver Jubilee) acclaimed me as one of a number of ' civic heroes' who have done most good for the greater city since its creation 25 years ago. Others similarly chosen were: Mrs. E. H. Harriman (whose private benefactions have been considerable), Nathan Straus and Mrs. Millicent Hearst (whose picture as a public benefactor can be viewed almost daily in her husband's press...
...slight indeed compared with the dangers of landing in the American countryside. A fall left his little machine practically undamaged, but a single night at the mercy of souvenir hunters resulted in its utter ruin. Not only the wings but the engine were dissected and ravished away; and this patron of low-power craft finds himself robbed of his entire equipment...