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Chillicothe. Serious fault Dr. Van Waters found with the Federal Industrial Reformatory at Chillicothe, Ohio, where housing conditions were reported "in poor repair, crowded, unsanitary and not fire proof." Children were thrown into the guard house for "possessing a 2? stamp . . . talking in mess line . . . concealing an apple in bunk . . . kicking a refuse can . . . stealing five eggs." To the Commission's charge of poor equipment Warden Albert MacDonald of the reformatory pleaded "I'm guilty, but not to blame." But vigorously did he deny that his discipline was too severe. Said he: "An aged woman from California...
...Raisa has many times stabbed Husband Rimini. In Otello he is responsible for her death by strangulation. Seldom lovers on the stage, Soprano and Baritone have been (for opera singers) amazingly felicitous in the home. Domestic as are few couples so loaded with fame, they would have found no fault last week with the colyumist's casual, stereotyped term, "blessed event...
...serve. The Frenchman won the advantage point nine times in a row, but could never win the next one against Shields's superb cross-court backhand drives. When it finally became Shields's advantage, it crossed Borotra's mind that he might lose the set on a double-fault...
...later it was inevitable that, as autogiros came into common use, there should be crackups. Some day, no doubt, one of those accidents will cause death. The safety features which insure the 'giro against tumbling plummet-like from the sky are not supposed to be proof against every fault of piloting. Builders of the ship may well have wondered in idle moments, How serious will be the first accident to ''crash'' U. S. headlines? Who will be the pilot? A foolish stunt flyer descending into a busy street? A drunken playboy flying into the side of a skyscraper? A witless...
...dress rules," his lack of sympathy with their athletic program. His capitulation last week was complete. Though ill health influenced his decision to resign, he said: "So far as the student body is concerned, I have tried to win their friendship but have been unsuccessful. Sometimes I think the fault is mine. . . . As a whole they are serious and well-behaved. . . . The faculty is an able group...