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...fellow got mixed with the boys (ages 12-15)? If so, it may be worth his while to stay. He may find the proceedings a bit naive and the vocabulary limited but he may pick up some information- information of the rudimentary kind. He can find out, if he needs to, Why Are Political Parties?, How Men Get into Politics, Who Picks Your Candidate?, What Is a Political Boss? (Chapter headings.) Much sound primary knowledge is included, combined with exhortation to good citizenship. Probably the easiest way to get the information is to give it to "Junior...
BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK-Vastly beguiling bit of foolery, proving that the paper-cutter is mightier than the sword when it comes to unhorsing the tiresome businessman...
...course, this surplus of receipts over expenditures was not lying in the Treasury vaults. It was used in retiring the public debt?as an addition to the regular sinking fund provided for that purpose. The result of this application of the sinking fund and the surplus furnishes another pleasing bit of arithmetic...
...business of issuing patents became a bit too onerous a sideline for statesmen. The Patent Office* was created and began to number the patents it issued. Between 1836 and 1893 ?57 years?500,000 patents were counted out; between 1893 and 1911?18 years?another 500,000 patents were granted. Last week?13 years since the 1,000,000th patent was granted?the 1,500,000th was issued...
...husband have designs upon the pocketbook of the inevitable handsome millionaire. She falls in love with him. Can she go through with the blackmail scheme? Oh, dear, no! Following a series of un-bewildering circumstances, the millionaire fires a shot. That starts things going. The "mellow" drama gets a bit overripe and oozes "gooily" about the stage. The audience becomes pained when it ought to laugh, laughs when it ought to quake with fear. Needless to say the lovers are eventually left free to thrill one another with unrestricted mush without further discomfiting the audience...