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Life's little jokes include none more guileless than the pricked balloon. No one is hurt, some one is embarrassed, and every one laughs. On the score of such a harmless deflation, so the New York Times relates, the Burgomaster of Roosdorf in Hessen is now a blushing Quixote...
...Another instance occurred in 1917, near Ypres, where a British aviator shot down a kite balloon and then tried to machine-gun the crew as they escaped in parachutes. This was against the code, and the German commander had a note dropped in a British aerodrome. Finally, owing to the efforts of the British airmen, the individual who had shot at men in parachutes was located through his report on downing the balloon. The General in command interrogated him, and on corroborating the German charge of unsportsmanlike conduct sent the man home in disgrace and informed the Germans...
...second possible issue uncovered is the high tariff-an old issue but in a new guise. Congressman Cordell Hull, onetime Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, last week issued a statement, as a sort of trial balloon no doubt, linking the high tariff with failure to get 100 cents on a dollar in payment on War debts from Europe. His argument in substance: In settling the Italian Debt the U.S. was forced to agree to such cutting that the U.S. loses from $2,500,000,000 to $3,000,000,000† The reason the Italian Debt...
...strict truth this Shubert concoction is a pretty flabby affair. This is not to deny it any merit whatever undeniably it has its moments, as for instance in the delightfully absurd Balloon dance, in the dancing of Tommy Healy and the mere appearances of Lucita Covera,--in the orchestral jazz and the far-famed "Living Palette" and "Living Statues", and in an occasional pleas- antly executed evolution of the chorus. But these bits of relief serve only to make the whole show spotty; they are by no means enough for its salvation...
...large yellow balloon, which has been floating lazily above the garage, was approached yesterday by several University students being initiated to a fraternity. The balloon had already been cut loose, and was, so it is reported, to be taken to the tower of Memorial Hall, when the prompt action of a mechanic foiled the blimp burglars. While he was getting help, the trespassers got rid of the evidence by the simple expedient of letting go of their prize. They made good their escape, and detectives employed by the Harvard Square Garage have failed to find any trace of either...