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Consequently House athletics are less well organized than they might be; partly because they were originally intended to be informal and partly because the Houses have thrust the job upon the H.A.A. Two questions therefore arise: First, should House sports be more thoroughly organized or should they continue to show...
Franzi and Sisi's affair began like a fairy tale. Franz Joseph had been Austria's Emperor since he was 18. Now he was 23, and his managing mother Sophie thought it high time for him to marry. Sophie and her sister Ludovika, an ambitious German duchess, put...
"Le Maitre des Forges," by Georges Ohnet, is an unblushingly melodramatic tale of love between noblesse and bourgeoisie, and the dire effects of pride. The heaviness of the plot is compensated for, however, by skillful acting, pleasing repartee for those who can understand it, and a delightful delineation of a...
Orphans' Court was the name of a relatively obscure London justice hall after which William Penn modeled his Philadelphia court to handle estates, wills and trusts. Kingpin in any distribution of Henrietta Garrett's estate is stubby, scholarly Judge Allen M. Stearne, 54, who went to England to...
If Mr. Seldes is boring in his regurgitation and melodrama, he is delightful and cutting in his examination of whether America possesses a culture. This hundred page introduction is thoroughly worth the price of admission. Seizing upon quotation after quotation from the writings of expatriated aesthetes, intellectual dilettantes, and sycophantic...