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Had it been sleek, blond Jack Honoré, the tall and loquacious Swedish barber just down Nassau Street, the check would have been cashed. Great Princeton character though Joe is, Barber Jack is a greater. By some occult means, he possesses himself of names, schools, home towns, parental fames-some...
Over "that un," as he recognized the trap in which he had permitted himself to be caught, there passed dismay, mortification and sheepish acquiescence. Commanded by custom "that un" had no course but to accept the derelict's defense and look forward to the official fee of ?1. "That...
It is well-known how Mr. Mencken sticks stray figurative pins into the viscera of the age. And in the pricking he seems sometimes to follow an aimless aim; which is perfectly all right because he himself will retort that most purposes are eminent purposeless. And what he says he...
Last week the onslaught on the tariff law began. Senator Capper (Republican) declared outright that it must be modified to benefit the farmer. Senator Wheeler, Representative Rainey, ex-Senator Walsh of Massachusetts (Democrats) joined the fray for lower tariffs. And in its midst complaints against the tariff law per se...
Many people are familiar with the name of General Harry Lovejoy Rogers, aide to General Pershing and onetime Quartermaster General of the A. E. F. Most people know that last week in Philadelphia this eminent soldier died of heart disease. The following headline met the eyes of many thousand intelligent...