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...assembly with a Latin address in which Dr. Beck himself was unable to discover a single error. A brief quotation from this eloquent production will be sufficient to exhibit its character: 'Caveat emptor; corpus delicti; ex post facto; dies irae; e pluribus unum; usque ad nauseam; Ursa Major; sic semper tyrannis; quid pro quo; requiescat in pace'. Now this foolery was immensely taking in the day of it. . . The story was, on the whole, so good as showing how the man of the people could triumph over the crafts and subtleties of classical pundits that all Philistia wanted to believe...
...Well aware of the value of publicity, Sculptor Katchamakoff flooded the U. S. press last week with photographs of his work, typed autobiographies in which he described himself as "a charming and cultured individual, an idealist, but also one of those rare beings who actually works to materialize their [sic] dreams...
...Under such circumstances," he wrote, "Nelly [sic] Ely,* best American woman reporter with the possible exception of Dorothy Dix†, would have got a blanket, put it over Dr. Einstein and got the inter view, if necessary sitting on the blanket and Einstein to keep him from getting away...
...account of Charley [sic] Chaplin's first night, with Dr. Einstein shedding big scientific tears, and Mrs. Einstein saying 'ach weh' should be read by all young reporters...
Provided, That no part of the moneys . . . shall be used for the payment of the salary [$6,500] or expenses [$2,500] of Herbert D. [sic]Hagerman...