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...image in the public eye. In the case of Candidate Smith, his enemies see him more and more as a subtle knave of Rum and Romanism wearing the stripes of Tammany. His friends, in turn, are prone to exalt him as a Galahad of the masses, dight in spotless, and stripeless, armor. Actually, of course, he is simply a 54-year-old up-from-the-bottom man whose profession has been politics, whose acquired technique is state-government, whose ambition is what he calls "the highest office in the world." In acquiring his technique he found that knowledge...
...reported that girls who work in Kresge Stores took a frank and unwholesome delight in the misfortunes of their "boss;" that it pleased them to know that the man whose name was painted with spotless gold upon a thousand red facades, whose fame for righteousness and reformation was as large as his fame for wealth, was after all no better than themselves; mayhap, not even as good. A year and a half ago, Kresge wrote to Senator James Couzens, asking him for a $1,000 contribution to a girl's home. With a larger check, the senator sent Kresge...
...reading of them was interrupted by the arrival of more flowers, which I sniffed appreciatively. Soon a delegation of our office managers trooped in, bringing me a pigskin suitcase. I thanked them and tried to resume my morning's work, when in came Otto, company chef, in spotless white. He wished me fortune. Other employes streamed in during the morning. Finally, just before I went home to celebrate with my wife, six children and seven grandchildren, who awaited me on Park Avenue, there came a message from my father, William H. Fiske, who has lived- most appropriately, some think...
...Wood, the centre, is the star of the team for the second year. Captain Batchelder, rugged football star, is strong on the defense. Milton's team is regarded as one of the best the school has over had and the Freshmen will have their hands full keeping up the spotless record gained by Freshman sextets for the last three years. The only game not won by the Freshmen in that time was at Milton two years ago, when the school boys battled Captain Saltonstall's team...
...Anti-Saloon League in the days that are gone. But when has the Catholic Church ever permitted churches to be used for such purposes?" Here we have a criticism of Mexican law, a sly dig at the Anti-Saloon League and a fervent affirmation of the spotless honor of the Church-all in two sentences. Bishop Kelley is a worthy antagonist for Mexico's special pleaders...