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...Phineas Drybutter. A woman never forgets the father of her firstborn." One little girl repeated this story to her best chum, who said: "Why! my grandmother told just the same story-with different names, of course." And the little girls looked at each other wide-eyed, and said in solemn unison: A woman never forgets the father of her firstborn." Thus was an old saying born...
...European is astonished to see nearly one thousand men prepare to transact the two most difficult pieces of business an assembly can undertake, the solemn consideration of their principles, and the selection of the person they wish to place at the head of the nation, in the sight and hearing of twelve or fourteen thousand other men and women...
...suite is his haven and his watchtower. From the wall of the imposing living room, a portrait of Lou Henry Hoover gazes down on her husband's pipes, his blue and white porcelain and his solemn books. Three women secretaries wait on him. He seldom dictates answers to his mountainous correspondence, merely pencils a line across a letter which gives the cue as to what he wants the answer to be. He recently got a postcard which carried the arresting note: "Watch for a message which will change the face of the world." Hoover scribbled on it: "Watch...
...months ago to succeed his murdered father, Abdullah (TIME, July 7), had suffered a relapse: his clouded mind had grown worse. He begins the day normally enough, but as the hours pass, he becomes depressed and morbidly suspicious. His mind conjures up fancied plots; the Prime Minister told his solemn audience that the King fires trusted officials for conspiring against him. He beats his servants and even his wife, Queen Zaine, whom he loves. Once when the Queen's brother intervened, King Talal ran him out of the palace. At times, Talal would sneak away and mount a mangy...
...that the star's current wife was "so-and-so." At this news, Colorado's Chenoweth again sat up and took notice. "Shows the actual exchange of wives, does it?" he asked intently. "Is that a common type of program?" Pleased by this alertness, Congressman Bryson nodded solemn assent...