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...Lord Renfrew was at Mitchel Field to welcome the U. S. periterrestrial flyers (see Page 31). The crowd gave him a splendid welcome until the birdmen appeared upon the horizon, then they forgot him in their natural enthusiasm for the flyers' splendid feat. For the second time???the first was in London?the Baron gripped the hands of the aviators, heartily congratulated them...
...Wagnalls became a partner of Funk & Co. They published books only, at that time???chiefly reprints of English and Continental authors. The Standard Dictionary first appeared in 1885, edited by Dr. Funk. Dr. Funk was a prohibitionist and his Voice (1880), an organ of the Prohibition Party, reached a circulation of 700,000 in the campaign [Cleveland vs. Harrison vs. Fisk (Pro.)] of 1888. The firm became Funk & Wagnalls Co. in 1891, having established the Literary Digest in 1889. Beside the bulky, bound volumes of that weekly, which constitute an exhaustive compendium of the press opinions of the world...
...excuse for deposing him would be that he ought not to have the double business of presiding all the time??? as he now must since there is no Vice President?and of carrying on the arduous duties of Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee. He could very well resign the latter post, except that then Senator La Follette would get that post by seniority?a dangerous eventuality for the regulars...
...three years, others (like Halley's Comet) take longer. A little luck?and you can predict unerringly just what grey-bearded quips will march from the storehouse to reappear, all reglanded and mineralaved, in The Naughtinesses of 1924. Then there are the political cartoons?stings drawn by time??? bringing only a philosophic wonder to the mind. The editorials in the weeklies?"the country will be ruined should B be elected, should the X law pass." B was elected?did he die in 1900 or was it 1901? The X law passed?and is as forgotten as the names of Secretaries...
...Gentleman of Leisure. The diamonds are stolen again?no, beg pardon, its pearls, this time???three strings of them?one genuine and two artificial. An incredible burglar says " demm" and " dese" and " dey " on the slightest provocation. Fashionable life at Bayshore is full of butlers. Sigrid Holmquist is very pretty. Jack Holt has a nice mustache. A villain is known by his white, white spats, etc. Which may sound incoherent, but is as faithful a report as possible of as chaotic a cinema inanity as has flickered out the storehouse for some time...