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...British Labor M. P.?such as famed Miss "Wee Ellen" Wilkinson?who visits the U. S., recoils in horror at the sight of unemployed apple-sellers, denounces the heartless degradation and the public shame, thanks God that the British proletarian can hold up his head and proudly take his "benefits," instead of cringing and smirking like a beggar at some sour-faced old lady who may buy an apple or two tangerines...
...Named for their paternal grandmother and their mother, the twins were first reported named Elsie French and Edith Hyde (TIME, March 9) for their grandmothers. The mother of William Henry Vanderbilt was an Ellen French, known as Elsie...
...recognition of these facts, 80 literary persons, most of them women, lunched in Manhattan last week with alumnae of Wellesley, Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Radcliffe, Barnard, Smith and Mt. Holyoke Colleges. All present were urged to help create public interest in higher education for U. S. girls. President Ellen Fitz Pendleton of Wellesley College complained that the seven colleges represented at the luncheon gave education.equivalent to that offered by seven highest ranking male institutions, but received only one-tenth the males' endowment. Said she: "The women's colleges are asking not a dole, but justice...
...people wear dark clothing for the performance of Bach's Passion of Our Lord According to St. Matthew given in Philadelphia with stage and choristers draped in black. Philadelphians take conductors' orders with remarkable grace. Most of them did as little Mr. Gabrilo-witsch asked. But one Ellen Winsor of Haverford objected, said that Gabrilo- witsch was out-churching the churches, that rather than waste time considering their raiment people would do better to make a study of the score...
...typical Englishman is a strong being who takes a cold bath in the morning," said tart Miss "Red Ellen" Wilkinson M. P. last week, adding: "and talks about it for the rest...