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...Last Edition" which, for some reason unknown to us was included on the same bill stars the portly Ralph Lewis, who has been everything from a good mail man to a bad boy scout, as foreman of a pressroom. We quarrel with this picture on grounds of professional honesty. When a press room no matter what press room assumes some such motto as Love, Honor and Purity then someone is lying and ought to have his mouth washed out with soap. The type setter's quartet broadcasting "Sweet Adcline" before the evening's work, for all the world like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 1/5/1926 | See Source »

...years passed and the boy grew at Mrs. Besant's and at Oxford, the "Grand Old Lady of India" was confirmed in her first inspiration that Mr. Krishnamurti would be the Second Messiah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: At Madras | 1/4/1926 | See Source »

...including some by Horatio Alger, and an idea for a juvenile magazine. He came with a promise from a banker in Maine?the 28 years since his birth had passed in that State?that he could have $2,500 on call for the publication of his juvenile. A Maine boy who had preceded Munsey to Manhattan had promised another $1,000. The promised capital was called for, but was deaf. Dismayed, Munsey took his idea to a publisher and with unexpected suddenness, The Golden Argosy appeared in weekly issues. Five months later the publisher failed, owing Munsey $1,000 salary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Genius | 1/4/1926 | See Source »

...Charles XII, boy king of Sweden, beats Peter on the battlefield. In the retreat, a Russian general takes a girl, Katharina, whom later he gives to Peter. Peter likes her. He sends the Tsarina to a nunnery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Brute in Purple* | 1/4/1926 | See Source »

...POOR NUT?A foot race and a Phi Beta Kappa key, a girl and a boy, and a lot of college spirit. Funny, nevertheless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Jan. 4, 1926 | 1/4/1926 | See Source »

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