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...Rousing cheers for Churchill showed the mood of the House. That mood was Opportunity knocking at the door of David Lloyd George. He had been silent in debate since last October, mum since the General Election of that month robbed him of all following in the House except three M. P.'s who are members of his family.? Seeing his chance last week the Welshman rose and launched into an oration which soon drew cheer on cheer...
...quite like him and this distracted world should be thankful that he is unique! [cries of 'Hear, Hear'] . . . . His demand is that Ireland be an independent and sovereign State associated with the British Empire but equally associated with any other empire. We cannot accept that! [tremendous cheer-ing]. . . . If we were to have anything like Mr. de Valera in a council of nations when we are trying to accommodate our difficulties then no business would ever be transacted...
Little (5 ft. 2 in.) Jack Little's stunt is playing the piano in a blithe, easy fashion. Cheer dominates his programs but not so blatantly as it does most of radio's early morning offerings. He lets his fingers do most of the talking, embroidering tunes all over the keyboard, breaking rhythms, holding them steady. Like most radio headliners, his voice is so small that he has to use an amplifier when he sings on the stage. But he can put a song over in what he calls an "intimate parlor baritone," and in many a parlor...
There was a loud cheer as Owner Walls, who trains his own horses and motors to-Epsom every night so that he can live near his stables, led April the Fifth into the winner's circle. Said Owner Walls, a one-time jockey, then a policeman, locomotive engineer, actor, playwright and master of hounds: "I am glad to have lived for this . . . for once I'm the hero of a drama instead of a farce. . . ." He went to the Royal box, was congratulated by King George...
...Bedlam Reigns As Walker Testifies," "Jimmy's Wisecracks Convulse Audience," "Crowds Cheer Walker On Street." With these headlines the newspapers record the popular reaction to the examination of the Mayor of New York on charges of graft and incompetence. Apparently the greater part of the people of New York are so accustomed to the Tammany Tiger that they prefer the smell of the beast to clean air. On the basis of such reports it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the average American has less self-respect, as a citizen, than men who live under other democratic governments. With...