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Another Britisher, J. Stuart Holden, Vicar of St. Paul's, London, preached a series on "Some Aspects of the Highway of Life"-an exposition of the immortal Corinthians I, Chapter XIII. To the young he said: "Don't be afraid of modern thought. There is infinitely more danger in modern thoughtlessness...
...that in a six-months' tour of America I had seen only four intoxicated people. Said I: 'These United States are a Sunday School compared to what they used to be. This talk about gin and petting parties is, for the lack of a better word, bunk I'" Alphonso XIII of Spain: "John D. Rockefeller and I were elected foreign associate members of the French Academy of Arts?I to replace the late Joaquim Sorolla y Bastida, Spanish painter; Mr. Rockefeller to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Shannon, of London. It was said that Mr. Rockefeller...
...give thanks to France for having sponsored Abyssinia's entry into the League of Nations, arrived in la ville lumiere Ras Taffari, Crown Prince and Regent of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), the first of his House to visit Paris since the reign of Louis XIII (1610-1643). With him he brought two lions and two zebras for President Millerand...
Alexander P. Moore, U. S. Ambassador to Spain: "Alfonso XIII, Spain's ruler, celebrated his 38th birthday. In a note to the press I rendered him a tribute of which the following was alleged to be a translation: 'I desire to give homage to His Majesty the King on his 38th birthday. It is my belief that King Alfonso XIII is the wisest, most intelligent and most patriotic monarch in Europe. He is graced with a profound love of his people and with superlative knowledge and statecraft. Spain is indeed fortunate in possessing such a sovereign...
...Catholic Press, according to utterances of Popes Leo XIII, Pius X, Benedict XV and Pius XI, is an "apostolate second only to the divine doctrines and laws and worship of the Church...