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During the Napoleonic wars, hardly any one in France ever spoke of Marshal Ney without calling him "the bravest of the brave." His gay reckless daring appealed to the people; they honored him with this epithet. Nowadays we do not speak of our generals in such terms. They fight by...
James Barton & Co. in vaudeville's funniest interlude took first honors. His clever impersonations and skilful dancing were excellently done. Bert Hanlon had a steady flow of merriment and drew well deserved applause from the audience.
Not a little interest is being shown in the proposition now before the Athletic Committee to establish boxing as a University minor sport. The objection which has been urged against boxing in the past is that the bouts have too often degenerated into more slugging contests with no attempt to...
In these days of garbled despatches, of flaring headlines and imaginative write-up men, we cannot be too careful in sampling the multifarious and savory morsels dealt out to us by the public press. Under the skilful hand of inventive genius-by dint of adding a detail here and a...
According to recent dispatches to this country, it appears that a trade agreement is about to be negotiated between England and Russia. It is well known how necessary is Russia's trade for the economic rehabilitation of all Europe, and how much Russia's pauperism has played into the hands...