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...issue, Miss Ishbel wrote a leading article about the baby clinic. Other contributors were U. S. Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes, ex-Lord Chancellor Haldane, General Sir Frederick Maurice, ex-Premier Mac-Donald. The latter was commissioned by his daughter to write on marriage. He wrote in humorous complaint. "I must obey; yet what can I say on this all-important subject?" and proceeded: "We make a great mistake when we assume that a happy marriage is one without a hitch or minor squabble from year to year. A marriage without a hitch or two is a dull affair...
However, in spite of these discrepancies, the performance is sufficiently enjoyable to warrant an attendance. My chief complaint is that it is only about half as good as it should be, but even at that it is more enjoyable than many of the regular run of weekly presentations...
...railroads of the country as a result of a decision just handed down in Chicago by the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals of the Seventh Circuit in a test case brought by the Government against Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. The case was brought on the complaint of the yardmasters that the twelve-hour day for yardmasters was contrary to the Hours of Service Act limiting the hours of railroad employes to nine...
Despite Mr. Chalufour's remarks on the subject of "grub-grumbling", there is much to be said for Mr. Gowney's complaint. Two years ago, when we were inmates--if I may use the word--of the Freshman Halls, the food was generally prepared in a very poor fashion. Save for a few standard dishes the articles on the so-called menus were uniformly badly cooked. I do not mean to say that they were unwholesome though memory of certain cream puffs still lurks in my mind and in those of others as well. The food was probably both wholesome...
...office, on the street, friend Smith from Yale, and Jones from Princeton and even Brown from some small Western college, triumph over him. They tease him, they heap ridicule upon him, and all in all, make his life miserable. Small wonder that his ago takes refuge in complaint against the innocent cause of his humiliation...