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Last week, Collier's published an article at the hand of Mr. Barton: What Difference Does It Make? Mr. Barton declared that he had "almost quit reading newspapers" and in so doing had added 30 minutes a day to a life which he appears to relish keenly. At one time, he had felt it incumbent upon him, as a well-informed man, to consume one entire newspaper both morning and evening-glutting up all the stories about box victims, drink-mad stabbers, love-cult brides, modern Bluebeards, poisoned toadstools ,and incendiary spinsters together with more important social and political...
Such, at least, is the way the program feels about the leading lady in "Cobra", now playing at the Plymouth Theatre. The audience was obviously much of the same mind, for it found the emotions anything but secret, and led on the consuming passion with relish. The audience devoured the Cobra's every move; it tolerated the other players. After her cremation, the other players. After her cremation, the situation became powerful enough to keep everything on the run, including the playwright. He put up a game fight, however, until the situation got the better...
Despite the gorgeous capitalist disguise of Comrade Karakhan, he was an Ambassador without an Embassy. The Diplomatic Corps at Peking is composed entirely of Ministers, none of whom relish giving presence to a Bolshevik Ambassador, and they have done much to hinder the Chinese Government from handing over the old Russian Legation. But, through the reported efforts of Dr. Jacob Sohurman, U. S. Minister to China, they were expected to acquiesce in handing over the ex-Russian Legation to Comrade Karakhan...
...effect cures. One baby, long under observation, was afraid of fur or anything resembling fur. The cure consisted in bringing animals into his presence while he ate., A lump of sugar was given to him and an animal brought close at the same time. After a period, his relish of the sugar offset his fear of the animal...
London bankers are in somewhat of a quandry just now. The Dawes Plan proposes to put Germany back on a gold basis, and consequently make the German mark a gold par currency. The British do not relish seeing the pound sterling lag behind in this race to return to the gold standard, as it might mean the enforced abandonment of her former international trade and financial position. The problem therefore is-how soon can the pound get back to par and a gold basis...