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Since the passing of the day "when hearts were young and knights were bold," it has been the general impression that duels were no longer au fait. Happily this glorious remnant of chivalry is not yet laid to rest in France and steel once more flashes against steel for so slight a provocation as a disagreement over theatre tickets. Alas, although the spirit flames as before, the flesh lacks practice; the combat ended with a scratch on the throat. So fades the glory of a once splendid...
Ruddy, jolly, plump, energetic, roguish, confidential?these are some of the adjectives with which Wells sketches Sanderson's surface character and mannerisms. Exceptionally bold, creative, emancipated, with a "mind like at octopus," perpetually growing, leaving others behind, a "rock-climber";? these are the outlines of the mental picture...
...idea of a separate state in the Rhineland is as old as the two countries whom it most concerns. Perhaps it is older, for the headquarters of Charlemagne's empire, from which both France and Germany and sprung, was situated at Aix-la-Chapelle. Ever since Charles the Bold and Ludwig the German in 870 divided the territory of their nephew Lo thair between them, Lotharingia has been the victim of the conflicting ambitions of France and Germany. Although originally Alsace and the lower Rhine were given to Germany and Lorraine was alloted to France, neither country has been content...
...from the family seat of capitalism to till the dusty fields of journalism. First he had positions with The New York Herald and The New York Times. Then Mr. Hearst gobbled him up and the Hearst press was fed with articles under the name of "Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.," in bold-faced type. Later Mr. Vanderbilt organized his own news service, the C.V. Newspaper Service, which still appeared principally in the Hearst press. Now he is about to undertake an independent venture in the newspaper field. He has filed articles of incorporation to start a newspaper in Los Angeles...