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...extent, for although many people from no opinions of their own and merely reflect their surroundings--Laodiceans, neither hot nor cold--spineless drifters without self-direction--still they have an effect, and may both prevent the spread of right thought and promote a mischievous course. They are a shitting cargo in the ship of state, a peril if the bulkheads break...
Later, in the early hours of the morning, the Majestic steamed down the bay and out to sea with a cargo of celebrities: Vladimir de Pachmann, Russian pianist; Clarence Dillon, who recently paid $146,000,000 for the Dodge Motor Car Co (TIME, Apr. 13); Colonel James A. Logan Jr., who has been unofficial onlooker for the U. S. at nearly every pow-wow of European diplomats for the past few years, and his bride (see MILESTONES) ; Miss Belle Baruch; and the unobtrusive Miss Collins, quietly sleeping in cabin F53-54 with a bunch of white gardenias reposing...
During the past four years, the value of a case at Rum Row has averaged between $20 and $25. Assuming the Pellegrini carried only 10,000 cases a mere 75-ft. schooner will carry 5,000-the value of her cargo would approximate a quarter of a million dollars...
...came from France and did not wait long to submit its witticisms to inspection. The general impression was that these witticisms could not stand the shift of language. They sounded heavy and a trifle sour. Miss Lee is beautiful enough but not the accomplished soul to sell this doubtful cargo...
...WHITE CARGO-Morality that dries under the burning desert sunshine and crumbles at the sight of native woman...