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...people I have ever seen in print. And I have come to the conclusion that the primary cause of their very hideous appearance lies in the fact that you have no good, healthy, beautifying drinks in America, and you wilfully prevent men from making proper use of the most glorious and beautiful produce of God's earth, namely, the vine. You could produce in America champagne which would be superior, to the best in Rhine, Burgundy better than that of Macon and of Bordeaux the best in the world. And yet you let yourselves be bullied and bulldozed...
Shortly after midnight Col. Arriagada, Commander of the carabineers, an nounced: "True to their glorious tradition of protecting Chilean lives & property, the carabineers see no reason why they should engage in civil...
...accompanied by several puffing brass bands, they strutted up Massachusetts Avenue, wheeled through Harvard Square, a little out of breath, more out of step, but none the less they were a splendid, inspiring sight to see. Urchins, young Penrods, raced along beside them, inwardly echoing the glorious "oompah, pah, pah, oompah, pah, dum," of the horns and drums, and rejoiced, for it was good to hear. Freshmen hung out of the windows of Wigglesworth and watched languidly, glad for an excuse to leave their books, but watchful lest they forget to appear bored; Freshmen do study, just before examinations...
Sinclair Lewis, in Paris, discussed his new book. The heroine, Anne Vickers, "will be a sort of female Babbitt playing a reverse role, but she is not intended as a sarcastic interpretation of that glorious class of American women who help make the wheels of business spin. She will live on Main Street and Dr. Arrowsmith will be her family doctor...
...Outlook last week appeared his "Interpretation of Texas Week" (March 2-9) in which he said: "During that week nature is waking her sleeping children from their winter sleep, the invigorating breezes are blowing, the flowers are bursting into bloom, the trees are fixing to robe themselves in their glorious garments of green, and the peaceful valleys and hillsides are spreading their blue bonnet carpet...