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Presidential Speech. The object of the presidential address on such occasions is to give an account of the Executive for the year. President Calles, reviewing his administration, noted that the third year of his office had not lacked grave difficulties. Touching on the resignations of several ministers, he went on to mention the enforcement of the religious laws, saying that the result has been to how that the "Mexican people are indifferent to the suppression of the cults" and roundly charging the Roman Catholic clergy with rebellious conduct. He noted, too, that several foreigners, among them two "North Americans" (meaning...
...object of a request by Vice Admiral Josiah Slutts McKean, U. S. N., to the Los Angeles district attorney, to prosecute "this woman" for adopting for herself and followers evangelical uniforms resembling those of U. S. Navy officers. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, flying from Denver to Pierre, S. Dak., described a circle over Greeley, Col., and passed out of sight. Soon Greeleyites saw a speck returning, wondered if it might be Colonel Lindbergh, again, saw it as a bird which, after it, too, had circled Greeley, was described by an Associated Press correspondent as a "giant" golden eagle...
...whether or not chiropody is charming, Gaspar Barboas was surely its most potent exponent. He rose from it to such might that he earned the curse of the entire Bhingi race in Australia and became the object, in his electrically guarded mansion, of their attacks by totem pole, octopus and many another insidious device. His tragedy was that Safra Ferguson, the Bhingi maiden cultivated to perfection by an eccentric U. S. dowager, could not love him, though she frequently saved his life. From the bold wind that he sowed against the Bhingis and their Catholic teachers, Barboas reaped a whirlwind...
...Subscriber Epstein (TIME, Aug. 15) in addition to curbing his use of the term "sap" also refresh his memory regarding peculiarities of the verbs "lie" and "lay", should he again care to express an opinion publicly? transitive; "Lay," it has long been thought, requires a direct object. "Lie" is the intransitive verb meaning the act of reclining...
...then, bring art aboard ship? Here a man rests his eye upon an expanse of rolling blue, strolls the deck a few times for stimulation, seeks about for some object of interest and finds he just has to look at the pictures in the salon. Since there are not too many pictures, each must be studied. Studied they are appreciated, just as are the pictures hung in a gentleman's private gallery. The artist exhibiting under these conditions finds them ideal for a sale?he has a proper display, his prospect the proper attitude, and usually, aboard fine steamers...