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...would seem scarcely credible that any cranny of the earth remained still hid from Mr. Zeigfield's keen-eyed scouts. And failing, they will be ridiculously ridiculous where Ponce de Leon was sublimely so. But the world will hope for their success, if only to see what a shock Mr. Zeigfield would receive to find the "Geryon" loaded with beauties actually discovered by somebody else...
...Omomura, cheerful scientist of the Nugata Meteorological Observatory, considered next to Dr. Omori the greatest expert on the origin of earthquakes, told the Japanese that another great and destructive shock will visit Northwestern Japan "within 20 years." "The deplorable fact is," he continued, "that in the present state of seismological developments there is no foretelling the exact date the visitation will come...
...first the Earlforwards were snug and contented as bonds in a safe-deposit box ? in spite of Elsie's shock ing appetite for an occasional square meal ? and Elsie, too, was as con tented as a servant can properly expect to be, except when she remembered her shell-shocked suitor, Joe, who had disappeared shortly before the Earlforwards' marriage. But Henry's passion finally proved too strong for him ? he ate less and less (food is so costly), to Violet's great anxiety and in spite of all she could do. And Violet, too, began to wither...
...fact things have gone still farther. The University awakes with a shock to the realization that Princeton and Yale have not only equal hockey facilities, but actually better. At Princeton there is no necessity for long journeys to the rink for practice. The Baker Rink is her very own and is easily accessible. At New Haven there are not the numerous outside interests of a city of Boston's size to conflict with Eli practice. In fact Yale has recently purchased the New Haven Arena. But here Harvard now finds herself in the situation of being thankful...
...Centralization" is one of those modern catch-words which drive men mad. It has indeed become more than a word, for as a fact it has spread everywhere. In journalism, however, one still looks for individualism and unhampered expression of opinion. Such fond fancies received a rude shock in England recently by the sale of the Hulton newspapers. These, numbering seven in all and published in London and Manchester, passed into the hands of Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook. The former is a brother of the late Lord Northcliffe and is said to have been mainly responsible for the latter...