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...mock turtle soup...
...Saute meat in fat. Put a layer of sauteed meat in a greased casserole, then a layer of onions and then a layer of potatoes, salting and peppering each layer. Over all pour the mock turtle soup and enough water to cover. Measure liquid used. Cover closely and cook in a slow oven of 350° F. for two hours. For every cupful of liquid used stir in one tbsp. flour mixed in an equal amount of cold water. Cook 15 min. longer. A baking powder biscuit crust may be put on the casserole after the thickening is added...
...court martial, although only a mock trial, was carried on with all the seriousness of an actual trial, by the Senior members of the Harvard R.O.T.C. The trial was conducted during a laboratory period for the purpose of demonstrating to the members of the course how a general court martial is drawn up, convened, prosecuted, and judgment granted. Yesterday's court martial, which was held in Boylston Hall, is the first of its kind to be held by the Naval Science department at Harvard...
...that he must avoid making himself ridiculous. Declining the mannequin parade, he announced a "liberal'' interpretation of his decree. Gowns could be cut as low as "the middle of the waist." But where is that? In practice everyone knows. But Berlin cartoonists saw their chance, filled Berlin dailies with mock drawings of learned statisticians trying to graph "the middle of the waist." cartoons which French papers reprinted with glee...
Like most of Reporter O'Malley's copy, his mock autobituary is fanciful. Born in Pittston, Pa., he belonged to a family far from obscure. Of his four brothers, all dead. Joseph, John and Austin were physicians. Brother Austin, eight years Professor of English Literature at Notre Dame University, gained fame as a scientist and oculist. Also he was a Latin scholar, conducted voluminous correspondence with Popes Leo XIII and Benedict XV. Brother William was a naval captain. Frank began work as a smalltown newspaper cartoonist in Pennsylvania, quit when a mine foreman whom he had caricatured fell...