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...Beals replied that he had thought he was addressing adult intelligences. Mrs. Dawes left the room. Mr. Beals stated that proof of his charge would soon be offered by the Mexican Government...
...last week for his esthetic views on skyscraper construction, the Gothic master-builder of the U. S. might have stunned them by replying, as he has said before, that "bird cage" or steel-frame construction, the enfant terrible of architecture, will probably grow up safely into a dignified adult. And he might have stunned them further-he the disciple of William Morris and deplorer of the vanishing of skilled craftsmen in wood, stone, embroidery, leather, stained glass-by telling them that he hopes some day to write a history of U. S. architecture which in great part would...
Guspidors, adult-infantilism, snails women and monocles all enter into Mr. Ernest Boyd's discussion of the American panorama, in the Century magazine. Mr. Boyd belongs to that ever increasing group of radicals who are inclined to think that, all things being considered--including Europe, this country is not entirely devoid of merit. Others may not like us, in fact he says, "Columbus, I suppose, was one of the few foreigners who were agreeably surprised when they discovered America". But foreigners are a luxury which we may, if it he necessary, omit. And so are the continental ex-patriates...
Carnegie Fund. The Carnegie Corporation, by report just out, made grants of $6,000,000 its last fiscal year. To Libraries, $4,500,000 was given; to Fine Arts, $600,000; to research, $375,000; for adult education, $300,000. Million dollar grants by educational foundations are reported to be rarer. There are still 50,000,000 U. S. and Canadian people without access to local public libraries...
Cigarets. This year approximately 90 billion cigarets will have been made in the U. S., more than half of them in North Carolina. This is about 15 times the production of 20 years ago and means at least 800 cigarets for each U. S. adult...