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...Chase National Bank, Manhattan, has entered the lists on the other side. Mr. Anderson, in upholding the gold standard as against the "managed currency" proposal, naturally encounters the theories of Mr. Keynes. He refers to them .as "a refined and subtle form of greenbackism," declares that it is safer to trust gold's fluctuation in value than it is to trust politicians' "management" of a paper currency without any outside check or limits on their operations...
This endowment insurance plan was chosen because of the distinct advantages it has over other plans. It has been found to be safer than any other method; the dividends will amount to more than under other plans; the management of the fund and the work of collection are assumed gratis by the insurance company; every member of the class will feel personally responsible for paying the premiums on the policy from year to year; and, lastly, the gift will be representative of the class as a whole instead of being made up of donations of a wealthy minority...
...pardoned some of the incoherence because it was a dream. She probably will not be pardoned. Sorrowing mother, dancing children, shots and harlotry-all the old devices of the thriller thump their weary way across the stage. All this to prove that existence in the country is safer than existence in the city. Miss Rambeau gave a generally distinctive performance which only served to impress upon the audience the skinny values of the play...
...Scores of secret service men will be unnecessary. What need of protection for that nice looking Edward Albert from England? "My looks are my defense", can be his motto. If Mr. Davis is elected President, no need then for a secret service guard. His personal experience will clothe him safer than any linked mail. Even the open season on Follies' Queens may end. Who can tell? Tact, if nothing else, forbids a guess...
...hand, if the King signs the bill, then he will alienate the Opposition, which now supports him. In this way he could defer his dethronement, but sooner or later the Opposition would "get" him, as it has recently made plain it would do. The wisest course, but perhaps not safer than signing the bill, would be to refer the whole question to a referendum of the people, many of whom, however, would be incapable of expressing an intelligent opinion on the problem. But each moment of Royal indecision may be fatal; meanwhile, the Dynasty trembles...