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...relinquished control of the Bookman (monthly) to Burton Rascoe, Seward B. Collins and associates (TIME, April 18). In a farewell editorial, Mr. Farrar has explained that one of his chief aims was to make the Bookman "a friendly magazine" for readers, contributors and the writers whose books were criticized therein. For his friendliness, Mr. Farrar gained, among more just thanks, a reputation for "undue optimism." Said Mr. Farrar in his farewell: "Think of all the adjectives I can now employ! Where I have been accustomed to using 'great,' 'magnificent,' 'heart-rending...
Sirs: First I wish to inform you that I am not a subscriber to TIME, for heaven for bid that I should sink so low. I am sorry to say your magazine must come into our home, since my husband is a sub scriber. Therein lies the bone of contention in our happy home. Every time Mr. Barger reads TIME, he will sit up, chuckle to himself and exclaim, "I would rather give up you than give up TIME. I get so much pleasure out of that magazine." Immediately there follows a battle of words. It is beyond my comprehension...
...Fianna Fail ("Republican") deputies, led by famed Eamonn De Valera, appeared, and, for the first time, threatened en masse to take their seats-while persisting in their refusal to take the oath of fealty to George V without which no deputy elected to the Dail can sit therein...
From the accounts in the News it was seen that the President had not stepped out of his characteristically neutral attitude on all things to "assail" or "rebuke" anyone, but had discussed the U. S. press objectively, hypothetically, giving as much emphasis to his disapproval of too great nationalism therein as to his strictness on lack of patriotism...
...Yorkers, a revue presented last month (TIME, March 21) at the Edyth Totten Theatre, Manhattan, included a skit entitled "Bernarr Hires a Stenographer." Therein it was demonstrated how a youthful office attendant, apparently of the male sex, flits about in a bathing suit, making ready the desk of his potent employer who is to arrive presently for the purpose of hiring a stenographer. Enter a stage version of Bernarr, also in a one-piece bathing suit, with pronounced features. After setting-up exercises, he calls for the applicants to enter. As they file in, in scanty costume, each is measured...