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...Vagabond has always liked shows. So he went to the Horse Show last night to see Boston's best. He noted that most of the gentlemen wore plug hats and wondered if there were anything in it. There were a few among the spectators that know something concerning horse hands and feet and there were many who treated the show much as they treat the opera--to a display of themselves...
...were simply reported as news. *Last month in London, discussing Germany's credit crisis, Secretary Stimson said: "The situation we are faced with is something like a bathtub. The stopper has been out and the water has been running out rapidly. It is necessary first to put the plug back in the hole. Then it is necessary to examine what water is left and to see if it is sufficient for the purposes at may be hand. If it necessary is, to well put and more good; water if in it is it. . . not it ." (TIME...
...President Hoover, no musician, took the sheet and glanced over it, Congressman Bloom hurried on to explain that he was not trying to "plug" the song by White House publicity because "Father of the Land We Love" was not to be sold commercially but was to be distributed free throughout the land by the Federal Commission for 1932 singing. However, after leaving the President's office, Mr. Bloom stopped in the White House press room, stepped up beside a bust of George Washington, and began to sing the first verse...
Bathtub Situation. "The situation we are faced with," continued Statesman Stimson, "is something like a bathtub. The stopper has been out and the water has been running out rapidly. It is necessary first to put the plug back in the hole. Then it is necessary to examine what water is left and to see if it is sufficient for the purposes at hand. If it is, well and good; if it is not it may be necessary to put more water...
Moral Future. If the delegates did nothing else, they established a record for speed in international conferences. Within 72 hours after the conference started, the delegates, having approved a paper plug for Germany's leaking tub, adjourned to the royal garden party at Buckingham Palace where flunkies handed them large bowls of fresh raspberries with cream.* World stock exchanges signalled the event by going into a gentle decline...