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...ordinarily slight. The two pages were headed, "The Road Away from Revolution, by Woodrow Wilson." The article was a general essay, but it showed that the former President has not lost his interest in world events. It bore the mark of the Wilson style, the Wilson vocabulary, the Wilson mode of thinking, with which everyone was familiar four years...
...never produced any practical change of importance in the rules and practices of the Chicago Board of Trade. Recently the Federal Trade Commission has, in compliance with a Senate resolution, conducted an investigation of that market, and in its report makes several recommendations regarding desirable changes in the present mode of operation...
...first operatic season at the famous theatre since the war. The opening was, of course, a most distinguished event. As a mode of celebrating it, no doubt, something new and special was announced. Toscannini was the director for the season, Toscannini, universally recognized as the world's greatest orchestra conductor, Toscannini, in Italy a very god. This prodigious musician is one of the radical innovators among contemporary Italian musicians. There are many old operatic customs that he does not like. For instance, in Italy, as here, audiences have the habits of coming in late, especially the swell folk...
...good old days" of the Bible Baptists, members of this denomination held that only persons baptized by immersion were Christians, because immersion was the New Testament mode of baptism. The Southern Baptists still hold to this belief, and refuse to cooperate with any other Protestant denominations in the Federal Council of Churches. The Northern Baptists cooperate, but have a communion service which is closed to all Christians except those who have been immersed. Dr. Cornelius Woelfkin, of the Park Avenue Baptist Church, New York, has declared for the " open church "-i. e., receiving members from other communions without immersion. Along...
Italians are asking whether " lady-killer " has two meanings; for Benito decreed that no expensive gowns shall be à la mode! Until such time as Italy shall have found herself financially, it is an unpatriotic act for any Italian woman to wear other than simple and inexpensive clothing...