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Booing is very bad manners. Even the fight fans seldom indulge in it unless one of the men in the ring has first been guilty of unsportsmanlike conduct, During the Dempsey-Carpenter bout the crowd is said to have shown more genuine sportsmanship than at any other great athletic contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 10/31/1921 | See Source »

...Seldom, if ever, has the general attitude of the nations been more propitious for permanent disarmament. No such argument, however, will ever prove effective unless all the contracting parties are sincerely in favor of it. The failure of even one important state to cooperate means the virtual negation of all the efforts of the rest. Fortunately, at the coming Conference there will be represented but one country which might be thought to favor disarmament half-heartedly or not at all. That country is Japan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SINE QUA NON | 10/29/1921 | See Source »

...seldom that the Frenchman, speaking of Germany, can remain absolutely cool and impartial--and little wonder; so that when General Taufflieb, of the French Army, who has an article in the current issue of "The Outlook", makes his statements with the calmness of an unbiased observer, he lends no inconsiderable amount of power to his words. What he says is, in substance, only what all of us know but most have forgotten: Germany must be watched...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "VAE VICTIS" | 10/25/1921 | See Source »

...bill this week at the a Majestic surpasses its usual standard. It is seldom that the theatre-goer has the opportunity to enjoy so many first-class vaudeville acts in one evening. Cecil Lean and Cleo Mayfield entertained with several original lyrics, among which was, "when a Wife Gets Fat". Cecil Lean's caricature of a baseball fan was extremely good and should be made the leading part of the act. Sam Hearn, the fiddling politician, gave a little speech dealing more or less with politics, but at any rate keeping every one in a happy frame of mind with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Majestic Has Humorous Bill | 10/19/1921 | See Source »

...express itself. I hope the advocate's call for candidates will be answered by every able undergraduate who is genuinely interested in writing. If it is, we may possibly see the development of a group of college writers who will make New York editors do what now they seldom dream of doing--sit up and watch Cambridge for new talent...

Author: By F. L. Allen ., | Title: COLLEGE MUST DEVELOP MEN EAGER TO WRITE | 10/6/1921 | See Source »

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