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...best that can be said of him is that he is very earnest and sincere. The plot has to do with the vicissitudes in the life of this unassuming couple trying to live a peaceful existence. Lammchen is to have a baby, Hans loses his jobs through no particular fault of his, but his flighty mother-in-law is indifferent to helping them. Finally they are taken in as boarders by a splendid old furniture-maker, and the baby is born. He restores their faith in life and gives them courage and happiness for the future...
...anonymous woman writer entitled "Does the World Owe Me a Living?" More than a description of how the other half lives this article is a revelation of a mode of thinking unknown by those happy with luxuries and oblivious to the sufferings of persons condemned to poverty through no fault of their...
...order to put to the most rigorous inspection possible, his employee's handiwork. With an accomplice, he had himself admitted to the dining salon by a servant, and right away commenced volubly, to a degree which he was certain could not fall to reach the right ears, to find fault with every least possible detail, accompanying those derogatory remarks with gestures whose practical results went merely to disarrange what had been in effect, a perfectly acceptable place of work...
...these obvious facts as early as 1914. But Mr. Stoddard gets more practical, he says "that we should export arms only f.o.b., so that ships flying our flag would not be involved." Similarly Americans should only sail in American boats, lest they get hurt; otherwise it's their own fault, and the government should forget them. Such naivete is dangerous. When an American or British ship was torpedoed in 1915, and its cargo lest, it meant another order for the Yankees, c.o.d., or f.o.b. It was just tough luck on the crew, but it was also another million-dollar order...
Five or six years of preparatory work should show a man along what lines he is interested. If he has failed to achieve this, the fault lies in the preparatory system or in the Freshman requirements. The deadwood which is present in every field does not wreck concentration; it most certainly is capable of remedy. Both these problems need careful consideration, but as a broad conception, concentration in college is not only the natural development of a man's education but best sharpens his mental capabilities for the complicated demands of life today...