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...Tis pleasant sure to see one's name in print," and very nice of you indeed to mention in TIME, Sept. 7, Page 5, our recent attempt "towards Swampscott," but in legal phrase an exception is noted as to the word "rushed." The Lord, also Secretary Sanders, knows we did not rush; on the contrary we patiently awaited Senator Bingham's release of the President which did not occur until about 5 p. m. As this was too late for the hoped-for visit, we were persuaded to hold our "peace" until the President returns to Washington...
...Nora: " 'Tis your own heart must tell you, Dolores, darling, if you'll but listen as you should, how there's no unhappiness can come to a woman like having the wrong father to her little ones...
...Tis education forms 'the common mind: Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined...
...moral of this tale 'tis true...
...stifling conventionality. As in "The Beggar on Horseback", newsboys rush in selling extras. As in "All God's Chillun," the plaintive sound of the grind-organ and the hurdy-gurdy suggest the flavor of the times through popular airs. As in "The Adding Machine", the singing of "My country 'tis of thee" marks the culmination of an outburst of intolerance. The phonograph which played a poignant role in "Rain" and in "The Square Peg" and was doubled to two phonographs in Jean Cocteau's fantastic "Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel", is here multiplied into no less than four phonographs...