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Dates: during 1920-1929
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They some deep stuff in it an' I don't git it all. For instunce, it sez inside, Honi soit qui mal Y pense, which is woise then th' way I spell...
...Parliaments was at its greatest. His body breaking up, Disraeli in this year of 1876 left the Commons for the milder House of Lords, becoming the Earl of Beaconsfield. But he still retained the leadership of his party and was prime minister (1874-80)?his one spell of real unchallenged power. He had begun this reign by getting the Suez Canal?with Rothschild's help. "Madame, you have it," he scribbled to the Queen...
...Such were the Gargantuan interludes which Prince Bismarck could conjure about him like a spell. His wife, Johanna von Puttkamer, was of a milder temper. Yet their daughter got on well with her mother, too. In the Princess Bismarck's absence she presided over the famed Yellow Salon so graciously that a newspaper of the day declared: "She has become a remarkably fine woman, whose wit and intelligence are the theme of general praise...
...searching around for nice things to say about this week's Fenway program, it seems on the whole best to dwell on Leatrice Joy's "Made for Love" and leave "The Red Kimono" (Is that the way you spell "Kimono"?) discreetly in the background. Discussing even this one, it will be necessary to tread cautiously. It would be easy to get unpleasant, and that wouldn't do at all because just now the Playgoer editor is conducting a campaign to be as nice as possible to everybody and try to remove this department's reputation for cynicism and general...
...that nearly all great Englishmen were born in workmen's houses that causes the present day laborer to desire a good education. In classes at Oxford and Cambridge working men and women have proven their ability to write a better hand than their tutors even if they don't spell as well. This brings up the interesting question of whether it is better to write legibly and spell in correctly or to write illegibly with perfect orthography. Please notice that all American business letters have type-written as well as penned signatures...