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...said that Punch holds up a mirror, it must be added that it is a mirror, it must be added that it is a mirror with some relation to those one finds at the amusement parks. For Mr. Punch does not often busy him self in a cloud of depressing seriousness; while perfectly serious in his purpose, he refuses to say anything seriously. Here is an exemplar of poise such as is not often found. And in his pages we find his thoughts on everything that happened-from the surrender of Heligoland to the subject from the prying...
...newspaper printed. In fact it might have been an Old Testament Sabbath from all accounts, save for the crowds in the streets. Furthermore, the response to an appeal from the Irish Bishops for a popular demand for the treaty has elicited little response, apparently because of the cloud of fear which is over the whole land. Even an Irishman, or at least some of them, seem to know when enough is enough...
...immense significance of the Conference as a factor in future world peace is, according to Mr. Libby, well illustrated in the virtual settlement of our past difficulties with Japan, and the dissipation of that ominous war-cloud which for many years has hung between the two nations. "I didn't realize the magnitude of the achievements of the Washington Conference", he went on to say, "until the next to the last session when I heard Mr. Hughes present the request of the American delegation to Japan. A new understanding has come between the two nations. We don't want...
...disgrace to lose a game is what is largely responsible for most of the present difficulty, and when it gives way to the feeling that it is worse than a disgrace to behave in a manner which could possibly be construed as unsportsmanlike or ungentlemanly, the troubles which so cloud the horizon now will disappear of themselves and the era of sport for sport's sake and not for trophy will...
...wind was blowing. Certainly there can be no doubt that the men whose opinions count in such a question will stand behind any change for the better that is made. Most significant is President Hibben's statement that "If we are to do anything to lift that cloud of doubt, it. I feel, can be done only. . . through joint action with our old friends and rivals, Yale and Harvard," while Professor Mendell echoes this idea with these words, "I hope that the day is not far distant when Harvard, Princeton and Yale can agree upon some such regulation...