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Dutch courtiers know a story of how the little Princess made herself Queen of the Netherlands by a single bold stroke. Senile King Willem had been paying court to her elder sister, Princess Helen, who tactfully refused him on account of his age and reputation. At this crucial moment young blooming Princess Emma is said to have entered the room, exclaiming reproachfully, "Oh Helen, / should never refuse to be a queen!" To counteract the sensation produced by this generally believed tale, Princess Emma's mother herself arranged to convey a subsequently made proposal of marriage from King Willem...
...general pontification of last week from the Vatican's famed semi-official news organ Osservatore Romano. Lamenting for the Globe in general, Osservatore cried: "Immorality is still vast. Sufficient proof is afforded by the Press with its audacious articles and by fashions which are ever more bold and unseemly...
...heavyweight boxing champion James Joseph ("Gene") Tunney* from third grade to second grade detective in the New York City Police Department, from a salary of $2,500 to $2,750; because he had aided in the capture of a onetime convict who was wanted for a series of bold hold ups in Los Angeles...
...Secretary of the Treasury, particularly, "the greatest Secretary of the Treasury since Alexander Hamilton, cannot afford to indulge in wishful thinking. Financiers were inclined, last week, to be instructed, rather than startled by what financial writers called Secretary Mellon's "bold" plan for refinancing the Third Liberty Loan which matures in September. With the money market hitting its highest since 1920 Secretary Mellon offered to exchange 3⅛% bonds for the 4¼% Third Liberty Bonds, which mature in September. He gave the new bonds a life of 12 to 15 years. Like most Government securities, they were only...
When the title poem, "a novel in verse" appeared in the first number of The American Caravan, "yearbook of American literature," it was singled out for bold poetic images which justified its existence in poetry rather than prose. Though it is more elaborate and therefore the less effective than Masefield's crystalline novels-in-verse (The Widow in the Bye Street, etc.), its psychological analyses and philosophical comment are nevertheless subordinated to the compelling narrative...