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...problem at the Crimson quarters during the past ten days has been a double one--first, that of putting life and dash into a crew of unusual latent power; secondly, of coordinating that power so that it will be applied as a unit. This latter is a feature in which Yale excels, and which, if incorporated to as great an extent into the Crimson shell, might well mean a Crimson victory next Friday...
Italy will also be invited to the reparations conference. Premier Mussolini, speaking in the Chamber, outlined Italy's attitude to the reparations problem: 1) Germany must be made to pay a certain sum-by common consent the Allies have fixed the amount at $11,900,000,000. 2) No adjustment must be tolerated that will give any nation political, economic or military hegemony over the rest of Europe. (An intimation that the French will not be allowed to occupy, permanently the Ruhr.) 3) Italy will bear her share of necessary sacrifices in order to facilitate reconstruction of Europe...
...London theatre, on the other hand, presents an easier problem to the wandering American. While Oh quel Nu! if transplanted to London might well be rechristened by the censor What a Fully Dressed Person!, the language at least presents fewer difficulties than French to the tourist...
...Sells What It Does Not Own The many failures of stock brokerage firms in recent years has brought to the fore the old problem of driving the "bucketshops" out of business. Before headway can be made the public must know exactly what a bucketshop is. Legitimate brokerage houses should not, of course, be driven out of existence in prosecuting the bucketshops...
...bathtub. Whose body? And who is responsible for its presence there? The police, as usual, bungle the matter, but Lord Peter Wimsey, a delightfully indolent young clubman, assisted by the usual Watson and a splendidly upstage butler named Bunter, at last discovers the solution not only to this problem but others involving much mystery and confusion. The best thing of its kind since The Red House Mystery. MY FRIEND FROM LIMOUSIN−Jean Giraudoux−Harper ($2.00). Awarded the Prix Balzac for 1922, this highly original and satiric novel, should prove a most acceptable literary plate of anchovy sandwiches...