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...historical spot at which the Democratic National Convention assembled. In the middle of Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, in the pit where the delegates sat, only a few days before ardent swimmers had been splashing. The roof, that had often resounded with cheering of prizefight fans and from which circus acrobats had dangled in airy peril, was decked with the colors of the nation. The Convention restaurant, every year, had exhibited the freaks of the circus. The theatre in the building, which ordinarily was the seat of indescribable plays set forth in indescribable Yiddish, had been converted into a "Convention...
Into the great circus hall at midday? sweltering June midday ? poured the delegates. They sweltered and chattered and shouted while the band made merry. The performers began to come; George E. Brennan, boss of Illinois; Thomas Taggart, boss of Indiana; a host of McAdoo leaders ? Love of Texas, Long of Missouri, Herring of Iowa; Senator Copeland of New York, came in and went around shaking hands with every delegation...
...Manhattan a female McAdoo supporter sat up all one night constructing herself a "McAdoo dress" out of McAdoo flags, ribbons, posters. Appareled in the garment, she next day led McAdoo enthusiasts in a sidewalk parade. Newsboys followed, jeered, shouted: "Where you from-the circus?" Others shouted: "McAdoo Oil! McAdoo Oil!" Turning on her assailants, the woman cried: "Oil never will hurt you but liquor will...
Since Plato's day, the complaint has frequently been pronounced that we train physicians, musicians, educators and circus clowns, but we do not train men to be statesmen and leaders of the people. It is equally true that we do not train newspaper publishers who undertake to mould public opinion. Nevertheless, William Randolph Hearst has his ideas on the subject...
...Last week the most notorious disease in the U. S. was a "rose fever" contracted by Mr. Coolidge from the dust at the circus. It kept him in his room for two days...