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While astronomers debated and calculated, names for X poured into newspaper offices. Mrs. Percival Lowell, widow of the planet's prophet, at first leaned toward "Percival" but now prefers "Lowell." Outside of Boston neither suggestion has been warmly received. Astronomers, a conservative clan, will likely select a classical name. If Clyde Tombaugh, first human actually to see the planet, suggests a name satisfactory to astronomers, it will doubtless be accepted. Names suggested last week: Telesis, Noveno, Amos, Andy, Tunney, Pax, Archie, Nonus, Cronos, Ceres, Juno, Vulcan, Persephone, Minerva, Excelsis, Coolidge, Hoover, Jesus...
...periods. Middle westerners and southerners, representatives of a riding clan who cannot always afford to forget that polo is expensive, have long been in favor of shortening the game from eight chukkers to six. The short game would be cheaper because it would save ponies. A good pony costs from $1,500 to $10,000 and to make a showing in crack company a rider must have a new mount every chukker. The question of six periods was brought up last week but not decided...
...Glamis. Who'd blame a self-respecting Tyrrwhite, Miscalled, for chiding in a spirit Of gentle protest? And a Ruthven May similarly be forgiven. "Twere justice that my tongue should blister If, having met a Mr. Bicester, I hailed him wrongly; it would grieve a Descendant of the clan of Belvoir To be erroneously addressed. It cannot be too strongly stressed: A shock awaits the fool who wavers Before he says, "Good-morning, Claverhouse." A burden of regret and woe Descends on those who Do Not Know, So I've endeavoured, in their cause, To jormulate some rhyming...
Died. Norman Magnus Macleod of Macleod, 90, "The Macleod," 23rd chief of his clan; at Horsham, England...
...family is certainly no different in any material way from hundreds of thousands of others from Walla Walla to New York." He weaves a fabric of enchanted mediocrity about the venerable Roosevelt freehold, "Sagamore" (Oyster Bay, L. I.), in a book that is a medley of anecdotage about his clan's everyday affairs, many of which have been set down in his father's letters or elsewhere. The burial of pets, camping, meals, games, sports are all dealt with in a fair approximation of the traditionally wholesome Rooseveltian manner...