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...entirely possible, if not probable, that the Democratic nomination will go neither to McAdoo nor Smith nor even to Underwood, but to some favorite son or dark horse. Such quiet candidates as Senator Carter Glass, David F. Houston, ex-Secretary of Agriculture, or possibly the oft-suggested compromise, Ralston, may make away with the prize in a warring Convention...
...after Voronoff's demonstration at Columbia University" and by "the flippant comments of unthinking critics," journeyed to Paris and to the gate of "the restful garden in which goldfish swim in transparent waters under rose bushes and leafy trees." He found Dr. Voronoff to be "tall, slender, dark, magnetic." Said the Doctor: "You should understand that every physician attends school for many years. His professors teach him that such and such things are facts. When another physician claims to have discovered new facts that seem to contradict or go beyond those previously known and taught, it is not easy...
...Spring Salon of the conservative Societé des Artistes Franç is opened at the Grand Palais with the rumble of temperament customary at a Parisian Exhibition. F. A. Bridgman, dean of American artists in France, found his canvases hung in a corner so dark as almost to be indiscernible. Another American exhibitor removed all his items. Mario de Goyon, French artist, found one of his pictures lying in a corner, entirely forgotten...
...campaigns of the leading candidates for the Democratic nomination at the mock convention next Tuesday are getting well under way. The various campaign managers and committees are working to secure support for Smith, Underwood, or Davis, and coalitions are already being planned to stampede the convention to a "dark horse" in case of a dead-lock. Conspiracy is rife...
...class used the funds resulting from Freshman enthusiasm to finance a mad, glad celebration, with no holds barred, in the form of a picnic. No picnic was held last year, however, and what became of the money not used for the very mild entertainment that was staged is a dark secret. Rumor has it that the proceeds were devoted to charity, but then rumor is unreliable...