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...more than one cent. The only story in the number, My Friend of the Smoking Room, should be powerful or nothing. It is not powerful, nor is its style workmanlike; but it is an honest effort to express the struggle in a wrecked life. Little Doddy--or Much Wampum, an imitation of George Ade, is the saddest reading in the number and belongs to a generation that prefers colored supplements to Du Maurier and George Ade to Thackeray. To Write or Not to Write is a commendably serious and poorly written essay. The Effect of Plattsburgh is clear and helpful...
Today 1918 can make history by its generosity. The Seniors, on bended knees will ask bakseesh for their picnic and 1918 should come from its abode by the Charles laden with wampum, and prepared to break all records. Each year a new mark has been set. Will...
...group. The five were apparently a warrior, his squaw and three papooses. Near by there was found a portion of an earthen vessel and a roll of copper. The solitary skeleton was about six feet from the group. Under the skull was a number of beads and wampum strings. The skeletons were not more than twelve or fourteen inches under ground. Nearly all were lying on the right side, with knees drawn up to the chin, and facing the east. The soil in which they lay was of a sandy character and not especially adapted to the preservation...