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...Hebrews-one fat, one skinny-came to fame in 1873 for their mutilations of the English language. Music-hall audiences rippled and rocked when they heard, just before an act came on, the plaintive offstage whisper of the fat one (Weber) to the skinny one (Fields)-"Don't push me, Meyer!" When the pair were at the height of their popularity, 20 years ago. they disagreed, separated. Friends called this a "business suicide." This winter, they have returned to the two-a-day, are playing certain Western towns under the management of Keith's Theatres, Inc. But this...
...present administration would have on American participation in the League of Nations. He said, "I think this election spells nothing either way for the League. Any President of the United States is bound to continue American cooperation along the lines already begun. I look to see the new administration push that co-operation into many new fields...
Have students the right to strike? Disapproving of the dictates of their pastors and masters, may pupils push aside their books and declare, as a body, that they will cease to be pupils until the pastors and masters meet their demands...
...historic land of the geisha girls, jinrikishas, and paper houses has been transformed into a bustling, optimistic country of Rotarians, go-getters, and "Service First" business men. The old Japan still moves only in the enchanting interpretations of Lafcadio Hearn. It has given way to the push of the Babbitt. An American Main-Streeter, member of the college friendship pilgrimage which has just completed an exploration of the modern Japan, is the only one who can properly eulogize the new soul of the Orient...
...contributing circumstances were necessary to draw him out. For one, Senator Wheeler has been making political capital out of his silence. One of the Senator's most telling effects has been to push an empty chair to the front of the platform and call for "strong and cautious" Coolidge. Then turning dramatically toward the empty seat he has fired his questions at the administration. After pausing for an answer, the Senator next remarks. "The usual silence emanates from the strong, calm, cautious man in the White House." Effect? Why, it brought down the house. And besides this, Mr. Dawes...