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...Canterbury's high-vaulted Cathedral, a fanfare of trumpets cracked the chilly air. On either side of the choir stood 314 bishops, in full Episcopal regalia. Down the center aisle came a solemn single file: a black-robed verger, a crucifer, church dignitaries in black and scarlet, the tanned, white-topped "Red Dean" of Canterbury, 14 archbishops and finally the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury himself. The choir, in soaring descant, sang the words of Psalm 122-"I was glad when they said unto me: let us go into the house of the Lord...
...about a legendary hero in the Burmese Wars ("He crucified noble, he sacrificed mean, he filled old ladies with kerosene"). But, as the Manchester Guardian straight-faced last week, "It was a time of uncertainty . . . One of these government commissions was talking of doing away with the good old scarlet uniform and replacing it with field grey or 'khokee.' Magazine rifles (far too complicated for active service) were being issued . . . Soon even the drum might be threatened. No wonder Drummer Campbell deserted...
...afternoon the authorities were forced to admit the truth: three adverse weather reports had been received early in the morning and it had been deemed unwise to expose the newly refurbished scarlet uniforms and bearskins of the Guard's Brigade. Snapped Tory M.P. Hugh Linstead in a letter to the Times next day: "Have we now reached the stage when no one in authority dare say 'carry on' if a meteorologist says it is going to rain?" Brigade HQ countered apologetically: "There were storms-there was a cloudburst over Clapham Junction [four miles away]." Britons felt cheated...
...book is composed chiefly of worrywarts' case histories. Samples: ¶ Mr. H. J. Englert of Tell City, Ind. got scarlet fever, then nephritis ("a kidney disease"), ran his blood pressure up to 214. Doctors advised him to make sure that his "insurance was all paid up" and then to get dressed for his funeral. After a week's "wallowing in self-pity," Mr. Englert "threw back [his] shoulders, put a smile on." Today, he is not only alive and happy, but his "blood pressure is down...
...give up drugs, forget about surgery, depend on diet and the colored lights. Diabetics should eat raw and brown sugar, expose their bodies to alternate yellow and magenta light; the yellow light was also effective for worms, magenta for heart disease, indigo for pain. Purple would decrease sex desire, scarlet increase it. Gonorrhea could be cured, in early cases, by green or turquoise, in later cases by lemon; syphilis, by two weeks of green plus four weeks of lemon. No matter what was the matter with them, said the gadget's inventor, patients should sleep with their heads pointed...