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...face to face with an intolerable state of affairs. Setting out to enforce one law we have virtually abrogated other laws, in glaring violation of the whole principle of law enforcement. The blame cannot be laid directly on the Volstead law. There is nothing in that act which directs reckless firing on boats, regardless of whether there is evidence of law-breaking. The Coast Guard has created this situation on its own motion. Charged with a certain duty, it has made its own rules as to how to proceed and has placed in jeopardy for his life every innocent navigator...
...shod with spikes, a tall, tanned, hirsute nobleman bounded about a tennis court in Vienna. He was Count Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraten, playing K. A. Meldon of Ireland in the Davis Cup Tournament. Undaunted by losing the first two sets, 8-10, 4-6, the Count stroked his ball with reckless brilliance, accompanying every stroke with a volley of rough pleasantries. When Herr Quidenius, President of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, arrived, late, flustered, to take his seat, the Count implored him to leave. "Why must you come to spoil my luck?" he yelled. Herr Quidenius blushed. The gallery guffawed. Player...
Personally brave, reckless by nature, the War showed him up to the best advantage. At one time a Serbian detachment was menaced by a strong Austrian force. The Prince sprang to the head of the dispirited troops and called upon them to advance, but the men, not recognizing him, hesitated. The Prince turned, roared: "Men, I am George of Serbia. All those who are not afraid, follow me. Charge!" Defeat was changed into victory, but the Prince was seriously wounded...
...books men read in the smoking cars. On a fast train to the West the other day, I noted The End of the House of Alard by Sheila Kaye-Smith, A Room with a View (pocket edition) by E. M. Forster, The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy, The Reckless Lady by Philip Gibbs "and a book called After All, whose author I could not discover. From this odd group I shall attempt no generalizations. Certainly a higher class of novel than one would expect. On the train coming back, however, there was only one volume, and that an effusion from...
...Crimson record breakers before they can check up a victory to their credit. Besides Watters and Tibbetts, who are counted upon to contribute their known ability, several new stars are being watched. A bet that both Miller and Fletcher will break a record tomorrow would not be a wholly reckless one in view of their recent performances. Various records have frequently tottered when either of them was on the track. Last week the triangular one fell before Miller's thunderous stride, and the world's time was twice equalled by the Crimson hurdler, Fletcher. Haggerty is also expected to show...