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Strachey's amused detachment never falters, but he can rarely resist making a point, especially against the late great Victorian Age. In this summation his virtues and defects all appear: "A most peculiar age [the Victorian]; an age of barbarism and prudery, of nobility and cheapness, of satisfaction and...
The polyglot nature of the Congress seemed to annoy many of the U. S. delegates. They confessed they were disappointed by the confusion of what went on. They had no one leader, no formal place in the Congress program. With their nicknacks and souvenirs some of them cleared out of...
But Editor Pew was not downhearted: ''In summation I surely cannot say that I believe Don Mellett's martyrdom was in vain, though the sacrifice was terrible and though the tangible results seem vague. The very fact that we are here thinking and talking of these things...
Helen Morgan, star of the stage Show Boat, cast in the prolog of the picture to sing some of her songs, was a 16-year-old shopgirl when a group of Chicago admirers bought her a ticket to Montreal where she won $1,000 in a beauty contest. Later, in...
A month ago, Judge Atwell called upon two policemen to testify that they had bought a pint of whiskey from Mrs. Angelina de Luca, defendant. Attorney Serri, counsel for the defense, remarked in his summation: "A modern miracle is a prohibition agent who tells the truth on the witness stand...