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...doctrine is that of the Labor Party today in Britain. The credit for it does not belong entirely to Mr. Barnes, but there can be no doubt that he has played an important part in forming this moderate policy which differs from the Marxian doctrine as much as ice-cream does from sulphuric acid...
...leave of absence. Said I: 'The United States is the best governed and greatest nation in the world. Americans have much to be thankful for!' Said a reporter : 'What are your plans ?' I answered: 'To go immediately to the nearest confectionery store and buy an ice cream soda and to repeat the visits as long as I am here...
...wonders if Lillian Harrison demands ice cream and soup after swimming. Last week Lillian swam the river Plate for the first time in history. Starting from Uruguay she navigated obliquely 30 miles (in 24 hrs. 19 min.) to the Argentine shore...
Enrique Tirabocchi, who swam the English Channel last Summer, failed in the Plate. Henry Sullivan, Lowell, Mass., took five hours longer to swim the Channel than Lillian took to swim the Plate. Yet he was strong enough to march to the nearest restaurant for ice cream and soup. Details as to what Lillian asked for after her swim was done are lacking...
...Mercaptan, the snouty-faced amateur of rococo amours-and Myra Viveash with her expiring voice- and Zoe-and Emily-and Rosie-a whole horde of fantastic characters dancing the antic hay around the sophisticated maypole of their own futility. Pickled peacock stuffed with pistachio-nuts-champagne and liquid cream-cheese-a witty, mordant extravaganza of modern fools and fribbles and farceurs and fakers, at times moving, at times a little rancid, always pyrotechnic-an English Blind Bow-Boy with infinitely more brilliance, grace and bite...