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...Steamers, ach. steamers have no soul. It is only the sailing vessels that made great the profession of the sea," declared Count von Luckner, the "Sea-Devil" in an interview yesterday, "the steamers have brought in the trade union on the sea, and the union has destroyed the profession. When we were on the sea, we had to furl the sails without overtime...
...Mopelia" is the famous "sea devil's" most highly-prized possession. Although modeled after the sailing ships of former years which made New England famous, she has thoroughly modern equipment and accommodation throughout, including refrigeration and steam-heat...
...qualify for canonization, miracles must be performed. The procedure, therefore, is in reality a lawsuit pleaded before the tribunal of the Congregation of Rites. The postulator must furnish evidence of the claim to beatification, and it is the duty of the Promoter of the Faith-popularly known as the Devil's advocate-to challenge all evidence in the case...
...mouse, Mark Van Doren a town mouse. Their view of country people is dissimilar: Poet Warner's satirical, Poet Van Doren's nostalgic. Sylvia Townsend Warner lives alone in her house in England with a big black dog, believes in witches although she has never seen the devil in person. Other books: Lolly Willowes, Mr. Fortune's Maggot, The Espalier. Mark Van Doren, lean and serious onetime literary editor of the lean and radical Nation, has also written Spring Thunder, 7 P.M. and Other Poems...
Miss Sally Bates, who is now playing the leading role in "Up Pops The Devil" at the Wilbur, cornered by a CRIMSON interviewer yesterday, very kindly submitted to the rather unpleasant process of answering a lot of questions of no particular importance. She said that she had a brother-in-law who was once a CRIMSON editor and that he had told her all about the process of interviewing actresses and the attendant difficulties and pleasures. If is still a matter of doubt whether or not that statement was offered as a reason for her indulgence in the present instance...