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...first time since his death (TIME, Jan. 5). Up, up the steep steps of the Tribune the oldest pair of legs in the chamber carried Deputy Maurice Sibille to read the official eulogy. Would it pass, or not? The Chamber is notoriously fickle. It refused to cheer Clemenceau on his first appearance after a would-be assassin had wounded him at the time of the peace conference.† But "Tiger" Clémenceau was the antithesis of "Papa" Joffre. The Marshal was in France unquestionably the best beloved hero of the entire War. Last week would even a single deputy...
...manifold advantages of this mail-order system are obvious. The horrible possibility of a maladjusted life is obliterated, for the student can continue those activities in the business world that he pursued as an undergraduate. For instance, barnstorming evangelists could do no better than employ a cheer-leader to harangue multitudes into a state of grace. And those who had centered their interest around debating clubs could, as a last resort, accept positions as radio announcers. Nor should those who spent four years being strenuously social feel slighted, for there is a growing demand for accomplished entertainers...
...mission from On High as is Lucy) talked to a student audience at the University of Glasgow of which this year he is Lord Rector. "Whatever the cares of the day, I always enjoy my breakfast," mused he. "Every morning I am full of hope, faith and cheer. By lunch time I've lost a great deal of it and by evening I've nearly given up all hope of this world or the next...
...custody of the Federal Government." Hostess Livingstone fled across her wee golf course, tried to get to one of the windows which she had prudently equipped with rope ladders to the street below. She was caught, jailed, later released on $2,000 bond. The entertainment over, the cheer confiscated, dismally the guests went home. It was not the first time that Belle Livingstone-who tells stories about her friends Theodore Roosevelt, Lord Kitchener, Edward VII, King Leopold of the Belgians-has run afoul of the National Prohibition Act. Last April her speak-easy on Park Avenue was padlocked...
...Cheers for Scullin. Announcement of the Scullin-Isaacs coup to the Australian House of Representatives last week was greeted with cheer on cheer. In the Parliamentary lobbies close friends of Mr. Scullin told of his verbal tussle, face to face with George V. The right of Australia (under the Imperial Conference decision of 1926) to dictate who shall be her Governor General naturally was not questioned by His Majesty. But the monarch sought to win Mr. Scullin over by expressing himself as "more than willing to do Australia the greatest conceivable honor," by sending out as Governor General...