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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...better yet, "he was found dead"? There are some interesting statistics on the relation of suicide incidence to publicity - sorry I haven't the references. THOMAS C. MCVEAGH, M.D. Honolulu, Hawaii. No circumlocution would change the fact that the crippled boy committed suicide, nor deter a weak-willed person from suicide. Specific mention of "a bathroom germicide" warns housekeepers to keep their household poisons in well-locked cupboards...
...through sheer discourtesy that Congressmen leave their seats during the reading of messages addressed to them by the President. They do not leave if he appears in person. And one of the chief reasons for their leaving when he does not appear is that the Presidential message, if a good one, is better seen than heard. It is an almanac and there are only two ways of coping with an almanac?to ignore it or pore over...
Gorgeous, golden, exotic Mae Murray is the cynosure of all eyes at the Metropolitan this week. It would be otiose not to sing her praises, because some of her charm and personality manages to transcend the tawdry banality of the Revue in which she appears, the ornate ensembles in which she is dressed, and the characterless puppets who support her. On the screen she had as distinct an individuality as Theda Bara ever had, but on the Metropolitan stage she was unable to glitter as in "Fascination" or "Peacock Alley". The romance of the Merry Widow waltz left the "Publix...
...purpose of this course is to provide an opportunity for the general public to become better educated in medical knowledge, at present the average person gains his medical knowledge from hearsay. These lectures will enable everyone taking advantage of them to obtain an authoritative viewpoint on vital aspects of this course...
...school? Most people know that John Coolidge goes to Amherst. Fewer people would be able to state that the son of Andrew W. Mellon goes to Yale, as does the son of John Joseph Pershing. The sons of John Davison Rockefeller Jr. attend Princeton and Dartmouth. Last month a person who was watching lads at play at Peekskill Military Academy, Peekskill, N. Y., pointed to a dark faced, mop-headed, loud-shouting little chap. "Who may that be?" he enquired. "That," he was told, "is Alfredo Calles, son of Plutarco Elias Calles, President of Mexico...