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...possession, were locked up. When the late Senator Beveridge wrote his life of Lincoln, he drew on them, paid a glowing tribute to Herndon, but advised Weik to refuse permission to other biographers. Weik took his advice so literally that for 30 years students could not get access to the 8,000 pages of material. Now in the Huntington Library in California, it has been drawn on by Emanuel Hertz, author of Abraham Lincoln-A New Portrait, in editing The Hidden Lincoln. A belated testimonial to Herndon's integrity, The Hidden Lincoln is a big book, dense and badly...
...reflections on a visit he once made to Sibelius, then a recluse in Finland are characteristic. His method of gaining access to the great composer was merely by stating that he was "an Englishman who writes verse." This was enough and he was soon entertained by the hospitality of Sibelius and his wife. Of the composer's appearance he says only a word: "His head was impressive; the mass of Strindberg's without the madness." The interview was typical of the author. He was not, like Boswell, "out with his notebook and pencil as soon as the car left...
...austere little Bishop William Thomas Manning of New York, other dignitaries and Episcopal laity, singing Onward Christian Soldiers. The Episcopal missionary budget was short once more-$250,000 worth-and Bishop Taitt was doing his part by holding a mission mass meeting in the Academy of Music. Soon, his access of zeal continuing, Bishop Taitt organized a Diocese Missionary Research Committee to devise ways of dramatizing missions. Result was the pageant, for which plans were laid last spring...
...demonstration by Dr. J. G. Dillon that not only the human lungs but the bowels breathe. Dr. Dillon, a U. S. emigre practicing in Moscow, explained: "Air which has found access into the stomach and then into the intestines can be sucked into the blood. Especially it is true about oxygen which can dissolve in any liquid of the digestive tract. There is no impediment of anatomic character to such absorption of oxygen through the walls of the digestive tract, for the digestive tract embryologically comes from the same source as the respiratory tract. Comparative physiology presents indisputable proofs...
...alterations in detail are as follows: The kitchen has been electrified. A new refrigerator has been put in place of the old ice box, and a new larger stove has been installed. The stockroom has also been changed around to be of more easy access to the kitchen...