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...Noyes, commentator, says nicely what he has to say but what he has to say has almost all been said. For this reason he is a most serviceable person. He wraps up the commonplace with loving care and presents it with an expression combining sturdy faith and "lest we forget" to people who only get confused when they read "clever" writers. How truly useful this ingenuousness is can be estimated almost mathematically. The "American Impressions" in his new book* were written for the London Times. To U. S. readers it will seem that Mr. Noyes "burbles" a bit, but burbling...
Unsatisfied were Daytonians who, hearing of his proposed call, had planned speeches, celebrations. Deprived of demonstrations, the Daytonians muttered and scowled. Said their police chief, "A dirty, backalley trick." Their mayor, Allen C. McDonald, said: ". . . Dayton will not soon forget." Said a sarcastic department store, five days after, using Colonel Lindbergh's visit for self-advertising to draw attention to their "spirit of economy" bargain sale: "There will be no disappointments in this demonstration...
...hears the operator give the number to the called exchange. Opportunity for correction is there given. "Thank You" saves telephone users in the aggregate, thousands of hours annually. We Americans value highly our "Time". In your remarks about hand telephones, do you infer backwardness in telephone development here? You forget that your Cleveland operator can get you London in a jiffy. You can not talk that far from a Swedish telephone. Are we backward with Telephoto, Television and all? Since telephone development in America is indisputably far ahead, is it not safe to presume that good and sufficient scientific reasons...
...That American Legion band, with its gigantic bandmaster is a sight I shall never forget and I saw London after the armistice." ?A. R. Gatter of San Francisco...
...Swede. In the name of my countrymen I thank you and all the citizens of the wonderful country on the other side of the water most heartily for the nice, kind reception you gave our Crown Prince and Crown Princess last year [TIME, June 7, 1926]. Sweden will never forget that...