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When jingoist Arthur Brisbane was screaming "WAR SURE!" in the biggest type which Mr. Hearst's New York Journal could produce, there was a spunky young Assistant Secretary of the Navy at Washington who demanded that the U. S. fleet put on its fighting clothes. Then the Maine exploded like a bad dream; war came. The fleet was ready for Santiago and Manila; the Assistant Secretary became a Rough Rider. After that he became innumerable things- among them, President...
...TREASURE SHIP-Scribners ($2.50). "The usual rabble of fairy godmothers", armored knights, rubicund policemen, aunts, bears, sponge cake and "the biggest giant that ever gianted" infest this compendium. It is entirely concocted by British authors-Sir James M. Barrie, P. G. Wodehouse, A. P. ("Punch") Herbert, Walter de la Mare, Hilaire Belloc, Algernon Blackwood, Cynthia Asquith (the editress) and many another...
...games with Yale have always been characterized by new developments in the game of football, the games between Princeton and the University have been known for their viciousness and hard playing on the part of both teams. There is no doubt that the Princeton game has always been the biggest stumbling block for Harvard teams and it is with due regard that Harvard has held the fighting qualities of Princeton's football elevens...
...surprises, the biggest was found in the package that Brown sent to New Haven. It contained, among other things, a live Brown bear for a mascot, and some enormous linesmen who spent a jolly afternoon ramming their muzzles into Yale's honeycomb. A Brown touchdown in the first period was the only score of the game...
...York may be the biggest, Chicago the wickedest, Boston the dullest--but Detroit is the richest city in the United States. By a careful and crafty compilation of figures the Detroit Free Press shows that the individual income tax is largest per capita in the home of Henry Ford. It offers no numbers to illustrate what Detroiters do with their money after they have earned it, but one may presume that if the home town does not offer sufficient entertainment, they are at liberty to depart for points less wealthy and more amusing. Fortunately one does not have to remain...