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...program of the afternoon will be opened with a description of the situation in Manchuria to provide a slight background with which to preclude the actual hearings of the League Council which it provoked...
College students should be excellently equipped for positions in the government. Their historical and economic education gives them a suitable background, their minds have been, in a sense, trained to work with the problems which arise in such an occupation. But many are unwilling to make politics a life work because they have become disillusioned by the graft, the dishonesty, and corruption which walks with the profession. To this argument the only answer can be that such conditions will persist until enough men of principle and honesty enter the ranks of public servants. Mr. Castle was writing only...
...succeeding years Helen Gould endeavored to better her father's reputation. This was difficult; but her almost angelic piety, against the crass background of rich Manhattan 20 years ago, almost accomplished it. Today Mrs. Shepard has only a few millions. She has given away many: to hospitals, to educational institutions, to the New York Hall of Fame, to Spanish-American and World War funds. Every week, applications for money come in to her busy secretaries. Simply, almost dowdily dressed, Mrs. Shepard goes out seldom socially (and then in an outmoded automobile) and occupies herself with what may be called...
...Mellon, wise Elihu Root, martial John Joseph Pershing, temperate Frank Billings Kellogg?made it apparent that the distinction of appearing on a de Laszlo canvas could only be surpassed by that of appearing on a postage stamp. King Fuad of Egypt was painted from the side, against a tan background which suggested deserts, with a black cloak wrapped around his neck and an expression of monarchical preoccupation. Socialites? who compose the majority of Painter de Laszlo's subjects?included Mrs. David Bruce, Mrs. James B. Duke, Mrs. Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., Miss Hope Iselin, Mrs. Ogden L. Mills, Anne Morgan...
...tedious task for the laymen. The average reader cared little for the diplomatic achievements of a Disraeli, but he was most anxious to know what manner of man he might be. This desire Strachey was able to fulfill. He employed sufficient facts to block in his background and enough psychology to sketch in the personality. His first work was followed by a life of Queen Victoria and later by "Elizabeth and Essex." All were delightful to read and relatively informative...