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...Forum for October, one George Henry Payne reported a conversation which he had had with a foreigner whom he called "Mr. Gonegaga" : GONEGAGA: "There is Mr. Hearst's morning American. I understand that thoroughly. The international bankers have taken away all the money from the people and yet-and that is what puzzles me-the people seem happy. How is that?" PAYNE: "Very simple. The international bankers have not taken absolutely all the money-they have left the plain people a small amount, but enough to buy Mr. Hearst's three New York papers, his two Chicago papers...
...most luxuriously affluent Princesses were contending for his favor. Finally, he smashed up his chariot in the great race in the circus. None of this narrative, even the smash, was dangerously exciting. Probing elsewhere for values, one finds the picture useful chiefly as a reincarnation of Latin life. The forum, the circus and the homes of the patricians were carefully and generously revived. The Italian cast, led by Rina de Liguoro, fitted favorably enough. If the drama could be deleted, the picture would make an excellent adjunct to any school's efforts to instil into the stubborn minds...
...Borden Harriman, society authoress: "Writing in The Forum on 'Women in Washington,' I described Ruth Hanna McCormick, wife of 'lameduck' Senator Medill McCormick of Illinois, daughter of the late Mark Hanna. Said I: 'With her black eyes and lovely long lines, she has every characteristic of a thoroughbred racing mare...
Standing upon the stones of Caesar's forum in Rome, Benito invoked the glories of the past to assembled Italian volunteers, ending his discourse with: "These stones of Rome are but steps from which the newer Rome will bear the torch of the future...
This colony of college students at Woodstock will enter upon its second season next July. The purpose of the colony is to offer opportunity for a frank discussion of the most obvious and recurring dilemmas of modern civilization. It is run under the suspires of the National Student Forum, of which the Harvard Lib earl Club is a branch...