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Well, since this point is settled, it naturally follows that the American boy is being stron from his masculine moorings" by the frail creatures whose name is "woman." It might be suggested to Mr. Wells, that the influence of the primary school teacher upon the character of the boy is not so great as he may think; that every boy has his own father as his model of masculine virtue. Mr. Wells has considered that, but he gets no comfort from the thought. The father isn't a fit model. He too is a victim of the system, says...
...great decision that many writers, young and old, must make, do make, is to throw over everything in favor of a career of purely creative writing. The metamorphosis of writing from avocation to vocation is apt to involve many pains, bodily as well as mental. I know one boy who has given up the life of a sailor to write poetry. He goes without meals to carry out his ambition. Another, unwilling to let his wife go hungry, works by the hour in a shirt-waist factory, reserving enough hours to finish his plays. Success may crown their efforts...
There was a scuffle of feet outside the dressing-room door. A call boy-"Mr. Gatti wants you. Immediately." Young Tibbett grabbed his robe. Gatti-Casazza, famed director of the Metropolitan, smilingly pushed him toward the stage. There, alone, he took his curtain call, bowed again and again. Then the opera was permitted to proceed...
...Russian word for 'boy,' in Russian type is a rectangle, while 'boy' in Roman type has projecting signals. But the advocates of retaining...
...than 10% of the listeners-in to any broadcast feature. So there may be a halfmillion. . . ." He stated that he had read all 50,000 letters, replied to many. A Massachusetts mother wrote: "I used to be at my wits' end trying to get my husband and my boys and girls up in the morning." A boy of ten wanted to know if the exercises would guarantee his becoming as good a baseball pitcher as able Walter Johnson of the Washington Americans (TIME, Sept. 22 et seq.). "The president of one of the largest public utility corporations...