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The Significance. Mr. Bennett once wrote a book called Things That Have Interested Me. That title was a quip, for everything interests Mr. Bennett. He sees a shining saucepan, a sleek yacht, a sorry little woman ; he thinks : "Who scrubbed it? Where is it going? Has anyone ever loved her...
Musing about books for the North American Review, a reviewer bethought her of Flapdragon. Said she: ". . . . has the game gone out of fashion with seasonable snow, brown bowls of ale with roasted crabs in 'em, and night-watchmen, and the life of the great country houses. . . .? We used to...
Boeri. Liberal Deputy Boeri, dutifully following his leader, Giolitti, attacked the Government not only upon its press policy but upon the numerous dissolutions of provincial and municipal councils. His speech, delivered with great force, was frequently punctuated by loud cries from the ministerial bench. Once Benito Mussolini arose and shouted...
The French officials did all in their power to make the Games extremely comfortable and pleasant for all concerned. Some of our men misbehaved themselves grossly; some of their countrymen, excited and excitable, did the same-except that they were less to blame in that they acted on the spur...
The misunderstanding over the Games has arisen, It seems to me, from two main sources: first, the insistence of those at the head of affairs that the Games would be an immediate cure-all for international disagreement; and second, the failure to remember that the Games are athletic contests of...