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...said so in a letter addressed to the Atlanta Journal but meant for consumption by Bishop Cannon and friends. "Offering no criticism of others," Bishop Candler said he proposed, for himself, to stick to Scriptural injunctions and church precedent of the past half-century. " 'Do not preach poli tics?" he quoted. "'YOU HAVE NO COMMISSION TO PREACH POLITICS...
...President Coolidge signed a bill authorizing 25 millions to buy the Washington "Triangle" below Capitol Hill, on the south side of Pennsylvania Avenue, between the Botanical Gardens and the Treasury. Besides many unsightly small buildings, the "Triangle" contains Harvey's Restaurant, the Southern Railroad's headquarters, Poli's Theatre and the President Theatre, all of which may now be razed to make way for Federal structures...
...part of distinguished Washington, last week enjoyed an enactment of this old tale-the tale of Dr. Faustus, legendary German philosopher, modified from Poet Goethe's tragedy for Composer Gounod's opera and re-modified into English, for the opening night of the American Opera Co. at Poli's Theatre (see Music, p. 22, for a further account). President Coolidge had been pleased to greet all the singers at the White House earlier in the day. He stayed through their whole performance and complimented Director Vladimir Rosing on how smoothly everything went. The box in which...
...political economists care, and of all political economists, none cares more intensely than Dr. Augustus Raymond Hatton of Cleveland. Dr. Hatton has taught poli- tical science at Western Reserve University since 1907, has served on Cleveland's city council since 1924. When he announced last week that he was leaving Cleveland, the reason was his deep interest in good city government...
Turkestan, Mongolia. Assistant Director James L. Clark of the American Museum of Natural History (Manhattan) and Explorer William J. Morden of Chicago reached home last fortnight with numerous Asiatic quadrupeds for stuffing-ovis poli, ibex, roe deer, gazelles, etc., etc.-and with anecdotes which needed no stuffing. Against all advice they had penetrated the snow-blocked Pamirs into Russian Turkestan, threaded the glaciered Tian-Shan range, crossed Chinese Turkestan and headed for Urga in Mongolia. One evening an armed band of Mongols surrounded their camel train, confiscated all arms and ammunition, waved aside the travelers' passports, tied their hands...