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...Michigan City, Strangler Lewis sprang upon Wayne ("Big") Munn (TIME, Jan. 19), called the "Collegian" because he refutes every sneer at his excessive stupidity with the retort that he is a college graduate Neither could see very well. The Strangler's little red eyes had been inflamed by getting resin in them. Munn had a patch over his left eye which had been butted. After losing the first fall, Lewis applied 20 headlocks, hoisted the collegian over his shoulder, threw him over the canvas as a chambermaid throws a sheet over a bed. He took the third fall after...
...Miss Theodate Pope tied a lifebelt around her, sprang into the sea from the sinking Lusitania. The gentle swell of the ocean rocked her into unconsciousness before the rescue ship Julia saved...
Personally brave, reckless by nature, the War showed him up to the best advantage. At one time a Serbian detachment was menaced by a strong Austrian force. The Prince sprang to the head of the dispirited troops and called upon them to advance, but the men, not recognizing him, hesitated. The Prince turned, roared: "Men, I am George of Serbia. All those who are not afraid, follow me. Charge!" Defeat was changed into victory, but the Prince was seriously wounded...
...entire Chamber, excepting the Communists, sang Giovinnezza, Fascist war song; and, as the final words became an echo, the Communists yelled: "Long live Communism!" The Fascisti smiled, cheered and clapped .the appreciative Mussolini. Once again rang out the provocative cry: "Long live Communism!" A Fascist became unnerved, sprang into the midst of the 15 Communist Deputies, lashing out with both fists. It was the signal for a free fight and the Chamber became a mad mass of sprawling men, jumbled arms and legs...
More adept than even Darius were the Romans in exploiting the curious raptures which affect men upon seeing great animals loose and hungry. Their circuses sprang up, like huge granite toadstools, in every shamble of the later Empire. After they had observed the antics of the Huns who invaded Italy in the Fifth Century, however, the Romans' appetite for watching wild beasts at play disappeared. The brave days of the circus ended. Only in the last 100 years did circusing come back to honor as a profession. Last week, with many blazing announcements, the Ringling-Barnum Circus came...