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...ranking new member of every committee he wanted-Agriculture & Forestry, Commerce, District of Columbia, Library. Since Senator Harrison is a friend of Chairman Sykes it was doubtful if Senator Bilbo's vindictiveness would accomplish its purpose. Nevertheless, The Man Bilbo began to make good on his campaign vow last week when he addressed a letter to the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, urging that Judge Sykes's appointment as Communications Commissioner be denied confirmation. Some Bilboisms...
...wrong thing he was always getting into trouble, including jail. But his high-principled sincerity usually convinced his detractors that he was crazy and comparatively harmless. George Brush flinched at no opportunities to put his principles to the test, even experimented with new ones (such as a 24-hour vow of silence) that landed him in really nasty messes...
...praised his dancing, called him "more fascinating than the Prince of Wales." His digestion seemed to improve. He seemed to be able to drink his royal quota of champagne. By careful practice he learned to speak so exactly like the Prince of Wales that equerries to the royal brothers vow that with their eyes shut they cannot tell which prince is which...
When she retired from the stage in 1918, Maude Adams vowed never to act again. She has broken her vow twice: once in 1931, when she toured in The Merchant of Venice; again last winter when she performed on the radio for Pond's Cold Cream. Last week, Maude Adams, now 62, seemed closer than ever to a real return to the Manhattan theatre where she was No. 1 actress (Peter Pan, Little Minister) in the decade before the War. She opened at Ogunquit, Maine, in Twelfth Night...
...Miss Adams' plans for Twelfth Night were a week in Ogunquit, followed by a two month tour of New England summer theatres. If she and the play are as well received as they were last week she may take it to Manhattan in October, thus annihilating her 1918 vow...