Word: quiteness
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James J. Walker, New York's musical-comedy mayor, abused his stomach. When he returned from his visit to Europe last summer (TIME, Oct. 10), he admitted that he would have to quit drinking alcohol for a while. New Yorkers smiled understandingly. Many a New York stomach has been ruined without going to Europe...
...whose three-term mayor chooses to run again. Last week, Milwaukee rejoiced when Daniel Webster Hoan, who emerged as city attorney in Milwaukee's Socialist landslide of 1910 and rose from that office to the mayoralty in 1916 despite the combined efforts of Republicans and Democrats,* declared that "to quit [now] would mean to unsettle conditions and to disrupt a well organized municipal service which required twelve years of effort to build...
...Italian cinema troupe, come to make a realistic film of the dogs in action with their attendants. The Augustinians were willing. But the troupe, having reached its destination, was not. The actors had had enough snow and cold. They would risk their lives no further. They gave up, they quit. The Augustinians laughed and served them warm food, hot drink...
...must not quit too soon...
...medicinal draughts upon the Vagabond's imminent pneumonia--now happily he is out of danger and once more able to set pen to paper--a problem confronts him; or rather be it admitted, a problem did confront him until very recently. In a word he has decided to quit the hallowed shades of Sever, the exalted glories of Emerson--in short the fair, silvan banks of the winding crystal Charles itself--and bask in Bermuda for the rest of this miserable, cold weather...