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...Representatives has passed the Susan B. Anthony Bill, the first step towards the constitutional amendment enfranchising the women of the nation. During the past five years the suffragists have made a gallant fight for political equality. Some aspects of that fight have been condemned. Others have been praised. The net result was the passage by the lower branch of the National Legislature of the desired bill...
...decorations were plain; one orchestra was used instead of two; and the supper was simpler than on former occasions. The net proceeds were given to three charitable and educational institutions connected with the university...
...their lineup five University players, the League Island Marines of Philadelphia clash with the Boston Navy Yard in the Stadium this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Before the game there will be athletic events for the men in service, including track races and a tug-of-war. The entire net proceeds of the carnival will go to the Naval Welfare Fund...
Above all art is manliness. Fritz Kreisler, the violinist, is subordinate to Fritz Kreisler, the man. And the artist who decides to surrender voluntarily contracts that would net him $100,000, because war conditions have made it hard for the parties contracting with him to fulfill their part of the bargains made, the artist who determines to live quietly in this country till war ends and to play only for charity and without compensation, compels at least a measure of admiration...
...which cannot increase their prices proportionally to their expenses. And when by the Adamson law the hours of labor have been cut down, when labor itself is ever scarcer and ever higher paid, and when at the same time coal, steel, and other commodities are soaring in price, a net loss will be inevitable, if the railroads' revenues cannot be increased...