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RIVALRY - Sarah Warder MacConnell-Macaulay ($2). Two sisters, petty-vicious, put a docile plot through its paces. It must be shown that Julia is vain and envious, so she meets her fiance's mistress. Elena, the homely sister, must be thwarted, so she is crippled for life the very moment her dancing wins applause. She marries an artistic wanderer, who then dies. At home she finds Julia also a widow. They settle down to an earnest sisterly tussle for admiration and happiness, envy matching envy with competitive malice. Julia still has money and looks, so the reader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fireless Cooking | 2/21/1927 | See Source »

...some circumstances, habitually dive for a fight when he could be assured of modest winnings by gentler means? Mrs. Blair believes that explanations begin at home; that the housewife has long acted by program, unhampered in her kingdom of accomplishment, while man as warrior, bread winner, or political warder has always faced competition, and, being long habituated, now creates that competition where it is found lacking. This is equivalent to warning feminists that they too will acquire the fight complex, if indeed they have not got with some quarters already. But the impression also remains that Mrs. Blair has shown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOMERIC AMERICANS | 5/6/1926 | See Source »

...last night. The idea of collecting the editors together was for the purpose of talking over the most feasible plans for serving the best interests of each paper, and of elevating the position which journalism holds in the college community. The president of the evening was Mr. G. P. Warder, of the Advocate; toastmaster, Mr. J. P. Denison, of the Lampoon; orator, Mr. F. C. Cobb, of the CRIMSON; poet, Mr. H. T. Parker, of the Monthly, and chorister, Mr. R. E. Faulkner of the CRIMSON. The oration set forth the position now occupied by each of the college papers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Editorial Dinner. | 3/23/1889 | See Source »

...Then, warder, toot loudly your blatant horn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A CHRISTMAS CAROL. | 12/20/1881 | See Source »

Harvard Nat. Hist. Society.Pres., C. E. Monroe; Vice-Pres., F. O. Vaille; Cor. Sec., R. B. Warder; Rec. Sec., E. S. Mills; Treas., D. Sears; Librarian, N. D. C. Hodges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities. | 6/13/1873 | See Source »

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