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...Peace Conference at Buenos Aires. From that hour, time failed to march on as rapidly as the seasons. It was an early spring next morning at Charleston, warm May next evening in the Gulf Stream, sweltering summer four days later at Trinidad. For Franklin Roosevelt was off over the rim of the calendar...
...Henry Dunster, this is the oldest bit of College Silver now extant. As fingers were used entirely while eating, the dainty students would wipe their fingers (before dipping them into the salt) upon the napkin which rested on the three knobs which may be seen on the rim. The napkin also aided in keeping flies from the salt...
...RIM OF CHRISTENDOM-Herbert Eugene Bolton-Macmillan...
...Rim of Christendom begins with a general account of the work of the Jesuits in New Spain, skips back to Kino's life, soon settles down to a detailed account of his wanderings (and Professor Bolton's), with incidental records of Indian rebellions, church intrigue, disputes with provincial authorities. Not a book to be read hastily, it is nevertheless of cumulative interest to readers who enjoy an abundance of facts on which their imaginations can dwell. And industrious Father Kino and Professor Bolton make a pair of travelers whose exploits are likely to remain in the memory long...
...Watertown (Mass.) Arsenal discovered that when a piece of metal is struck a very strong blow, its molecules release some of their potential energy, help shatter themselves. Mr. Mann's machine consists of a brace to hold the test metal and a flywheel with a bump on its rim. A motor works the fly wheel up to a rim speed of 680 m.p.h. at which point the bump hits the metal sample a single blow, breaks it clean as a whistle. For his inventiveness as a tester, the assembled testers last week presented Mr. Mann with a gold medal...