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...High Princes") toward the Western nations had been maintained for centuries in accordance with the following typical Shogun's proclamation: "So long as the sun warms the earth let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan. Let all know that if King Philip † himself or even the very God of the Christian contravene this prohibition they shall pay for it with their heads. Let them think no more of us, just as if we were no longer in the world...
...spring of 1778, after George Washington had moved his troops out of Valley Forge, that noble eccentrician, Governor John Hancock, put his bold signature on the last bill passed by the Provincial Court of Massachusetts. The bill gave young Samuel Phillips Jr. the right to open a school for boys at Andover, Mass. Horseman Paul Revere designed a silver seal (finis origine pendet) for the school; and 13 boys began to study under Eliphat Pearson, whom they dubbed "Elephant." In 1789, President George Washington came to Andover to make a speech; later eight of his nephews and grandnephews went...
...Harry Hard Sauce. But unfortunately this nonsense is frequently diffuse and inconsequent--the story of the Golden Girl's transoceanic flight would profit, for example, if there were in it less wandering of the fancy and more satiric thrusts. It is, moreover, a pity that L. C. Jones' bold and effective drawings cannot be provided with better text than that found on page 225. Sill in spite of occasional flatnesses, the general average is high...
...Bold barons of finance afloat on a huge white yacht. Big names: Sir Alfred Mond "Biggest British Chemist," Irénée du Pont, and many another. Germans the hosts. Secret talk about nitrates. The yacht steams down the blue Adriatic from Venice to Corfu and returns. Meanwhile banqueting to tempt Lucullus. Scuppers running with champagne. But always more and more earnest talk of nitrates. The whole junket an achievement in making pleasure implicit with business...
...Bowers of the New York Evening World for convention Keynoter, interest was aroused by Walter Lippmann who, as chief editorial writer of the morning World, holds forth under the same gold publishing dome as Mr. Bowers. Addressing some women Democrats in Manhattan last week, Mr. Lippmann said: "Great personalities, bold programs, big issues are a nuisance to the Republicans." He counseled Candidate Smith to discard the vague phrases urged upon him by his advisers and speak out on Prohibition. The Smith advisers promptly informed the public that the best way to oppose Prohibition was to enforce it rigidly...