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...Roosevelt owes his election largely to Catholics!" was the alarm sounded last year by Mexico City's independent daily El Universal Gráfico. Its editor thought he smelt a Papist in charge of Roosevelt patronage. Belief that the President, impelled by the Church, would crack down on Mexico's counter-clerical government was so strong that the official daily National took time to mourn for "Calvin Coolidge, one of the highest representatives of the human race. . . . Under [his] administration Mexico became better understood. . . . He had the good judgment to send us Mr. Morrow...
...vacation in England and so was the Private Secretary, Commander Henderson. Belatedly Sergeant Irvine, head of the Castle guard, went up on the roof to half-staff the flag of Northern Ireland for Germany's late, great President von Hindenburg. As he fiddled with the ropes Sergeant Irvine smelt smoke. It curled in tiny wisps from the apartments of the private secretary. As he raised the alarm crackling flames burst through. Before fire engines could travel the twelve miles from Belfast, Hillsborough Castle was leaping skyward in a vast, black swirl...
...town, Barney made a graveyard break and got away. In his flight he met up with a lovely virgin, conveniently orphaned by the epidemic. Naturally they fell in love. In a Western mining town they married, soon became most popular members of the community. Barney was happy but he smelt rats. Just as they were planning to move on to Canada the detectives found...
...Austrians smelt in his Venetian nostrils. As a boy he fled south, joined the bearded Garibaldi's redshirts and took part in their march on Rome. Back in liberated Venice stocky young Morosini was lounging along the narrow calle one day when he saw a gang of roughs attacking a young tourist and his tutor. Giovanni Morosini snapped open the stiletto he always carried and dashed to the rescue. The young tourist was the son of Jay Gould. Tycoon Gould, then secretary of the Erie Railroad, promised young Morosini a job should he ever...
Familiar to residents of southern California is the grunion, or sand-smelt (Athenmdae), a little fish that comes out on the beach at high tide, stands on its tail and dances in the moonlight. But few Cahfornians have inquired into the reason tor this strange nocturnal dance. In the May issue of Field & Stream, Fisherman Neil Frost described a grunion run, explained the dance...