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...cloud of gloom. Sessions were "secret," punctuated by leaks. Quarreling began on the first day and continued until the last. Nothing was accomplished except to make "personal contacts" and set up a permanent statistical bureau to gather data on wheat, already plentiful. The Conference disbanded, died an utter failure...
...this obstetrical little farce, fragile and inoffensive, which deals glibly with a complicated case of mistaken pregnancy. As cinema, the obstetrical aspects are made to seem even more innocent by the writhing cuteness of Actress Marion Davies. Part of the comedy depends upon the fact that no one dares utter such a rude phrase as ''have a baby," not even the iceman, who complains euphemistically of his fiancee's infidelity: "While I was trying desperately to keep the wolf from the door, the stork flies in the window." Actress Davies appears in the role of Joyce Stanton...
...feeling of utter listlessness, lack of energy, desire to be alone, or the 'don't care' feeling, are all shadows of coming events. No woman should permit these symptoms to gain ground, for, being forewarned, she should be forearmed. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will disperse all those shadows. It goes to the very root of all female complaints, renews the waning vitality, and invigorates the entire system. . . . 'Reach for a vegetable instead of a sweet...
...while Sullivan waved an imperious baton over the harrassed base drummer. When Gilbert sang "The Captain of the Pinafore" old men wept, gay youth cheered, and sad matrons forget how poorly the dinner had gone off. If debutantes had existed at that time they would have been heard to utter that highest praise of "Gosh that's swell" as Gilbert juggled the last high note. And once after too much port and Iolanthe the Vagabond went down Pieadilly with a poppy and a lily. Yea, verily, there were giants upon the earth in the old days. And that...
...Mayor should give himself time to do his job properly," said Dictator Bernard J. Newman of Philadelphia's Housing Association, last week. "There should be: 1) a Secretary of Eats to at- tend all dinners for the Mayor; 2) a Secretary of Speak to utter all the usual bombast expected from a Mayor; 3) a Secretary of Handshakes to give the glad hand to visiting delegations; 4) a Secretary of Poses to satisfy the craving to see the Mayor's picture; 5) a Secretary of Travel to go about the country for the Mayor...