Word: seering
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...Seer...
...Burton Rascoe-William Morrow ($2). Editor Rascoe, who seems to be aware of everything in the world, has concocted an oldtime almanack distinctly in harmony with the traditional mood of the season. To his aid have rushed a host of accomplished specialists with important contributions. Marc Connelly, playwright & seer, provides the general forecast for the approaching year; Critic Nathan suggests a breath-taking change in post-Volstead nomenclature; Banker Streeter* supplies a startling opinion of what 1928 will do for Big Business; Florenz Ziegfeld dissertates on his favorite topic; poems flow from many a pen of unquestioned talent...
Scientific Seer...
Darwin's Delight. Arthur Brisbane, Hearstling seer, certainly no poet, found other ways to comment on Captain Lindbergh's flight. One of the aviator's chief regrets was that he had not been able to see a whale. "It is too bad," said Mr. Brisbane, "for Lindbergh, flying low to study spouting whale; the whale studying Lindbergh with its tiny eyes would have been a sight to delight Darwin...
...London, earlier in the week, Prince George, youngest son of the King Emperor, entered the booth of a crystal-gazing fortune teller, laid down a crown. . . . "Your father," said the seer, "was a sea captain but he has retired." Prince George nodded encouragement. His father, the King Emperor, did indeed command H. M. S. Melampus in his youth. "Your eldest brother . . . wait, young man . . . you must warn him! I see him in the crystal. . . . It is tomorrow. He rides in a race and I see him fall. . . ." Laughing, Prince George strode from the booth. Later he warned Edward of Wales...