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...rude bridge that arched the flood Their flag to April's breeze unfurled Here once the embattled fanners stood And fired the shot heard round the world...
...acting on information secured through foreign agents, ascertain the exact color of the alien's political views, and if those views are a shade too pink, he shall not pass. Who does not shudder at the mere thought of an intelligent foreigner shaking hard-won American institutions with the rude blasts of his opinions...
...through the Chancellor's speech there were constant interruptions, slamming of desk-lids, rude calls. At one point, the Chancellor was forced to halt by the indescribable racket of Government supporters and Opposition as they vainly and vocally tried to shout one another down. Herr Luther looked pleadingly toward the President's Chair, but Herr Doktor Loebe was not there; he had left the Chamber for a snack of Frankfurters and beer. The Acting President, Herr Riesser, much preoccupied, suddenly became aware that the Chancellor was not speaking, looked up, caught Herr Luther's eye, jumped...
...with a wealthy but quite useless young man, whose parents-firmly forbid the match. Here the lovable "Uncle Anyhow" steps in to fix things up, which he does for everyone, including himself. The scene in which he haltingly proposes marriage--"an absurd suggestion, I know"--to the older daughter, "Rude Min" of the chorus, is in itself, as the sideshow barkers put it, worth the price of admission...
...Exhibition in Pittsburgh in 1922. In the latter year, his picture Nude Girl with a Shawl, provoked a long and animated controversy between artists and moralists when it was exhibited at the National Arts Club. Last season, his contribution to the New Society of Artists' Manhattan Exhibition-a rude, graphic painting of the Crucifixion-attracted great attention, as did the recent picture he sent to that gallery-Two Women (TIME, Jan. 12). His paintings are hung in many famed galleries, museums, in the U. S. and Europe. Many are the honors, medals, that have been conferred upon...