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...little child shall lead them-a little girl child, dressed in white linen and lifting her head, blonde and bobbed, high above the multitude. Strong men shall weep and cameras shall click, for Christianity in the person of Uldine Utley is coming to the United States Fleet. When the sinning tar cries out "What shall I do to be saved"? his prophet will reply in soft feminine tones, histrionically imitative of the sensuous Semple McPherson and-of Sharon Falconer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PILGRIMS' PROGRESS | 5/9/1927 | See Source »

...heart to weep him worthily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eadgar, Aethelwold, Aelfrida | 2/28/1927 | See Source »

Scottish singer: "From West Virginia I wrote in support of Sunday observance in England: 'I am against Sunday theatre shows and have told my fellow artists if we fail to uphold our religion and our Sunday, men will scorn us, women will weep for us and children will be taught to hate the name of the theatre, and the curses of generations to come will be forever at the stage door. Men who disregard God's word and God's work can never hope to be respected. When for the first time I came to America I had four Sunday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 31, 1927 | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

...this a gentle luxury to weep That I have not the cloudy winds to keep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT VAGABOND | 12/3/1926 | See Source »

...Blaise Cendrar's "Sutter's Gold." Throughout this tale of Sutter's truly Munchausian career the author in an attempt at sustained tenseness fails to appreciate the differentiation between fact, exaggeration, and fiction. The result is a hodge podge unique, but not altogether barren of interest. The economist might weep over two hundred dollar onions, or choke over a thousand dollar glass of water; the geologist might be alarmed over finding talc, even in California, to be a staple plantation product; but even the stylist would be intrigued by mountains "teaming with gold and platinum...

Author: By H. M. ., | Title: The Interesting Process of Growing Up | 11/15/1926 | See Source »

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