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Deep in the thick jungles of Central America are dozens of splendid stone cities abandoned centuries ago. Of the mysterious race which built them, there remain only a few hundred thousand Indians, ignorant of their glorious past...
Many a poet has been tempted and won by the obvious comparison of an "expensive" or "four-bottle" nose with the glorious ruddy hues of autumn foliage. Last week Science stripped the thought of its poesy by proclaiming that the similitude has a chemical basis. Alcohol, announced Chemist S. G. Hibben of the Westinghouse Lamp Co., is produced in leaves by a fermentation that sets in when plants reach a cycle of life during which they reject sunlight regardless of the weather...
...York Times, published its account of the Scopes appeal on page 6. In Lawyer Darrow's home town the Chicago Tribune published it on page 18. The New York Herald Tribune found space on page 13. None thought the matter worthy of editorial mention. Thus passes the glorious news of the world...
...seven seasons now this gaudy and often glorious distraction has been placed before you. It has a reputation of excellence exceeded by few of the annual reviews. The current edition, if not the best, was certainly not the worst of the series and will undoubtedly please large portions of the population. It probably has the best looking chorus in town; it has a good many amazingly beautiful assemblies and backgrounds; it has better than average music; and good dancing. It is funny only now and then. The principals are Florence Moore, Frank McIntyre, Tom Howard, Irene Delroy...
...throng; then as the Pope neared in a soft sway the faithful fell to their knees, crossed themselves, received the Pope's blessing as he passed, his left hand holding a lighted candle, his right, with two fingers extended, gesturing over the heads of his children. So passed the glorious personage gowned in white and gold,* crowned with the jeweled triple tiara, with the Papal pectoral cross hung from his neck...