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...telegram stating he loved her, only her. Returning home he found her "cool, dejected, thoughtful and brooding, contrary to her usual sunny, cheerful, friendly and affectionate nature and disposition." One day he discovered that the Waxahatchie telegram had never been delivered. Blissfully reconciled, Mr. and Mrs. joined in bringing suit against the Western Union Telegraph Co. for $1 actual and $1,800 exemplary damages. The legal petition sets forth: "Mrs. Mulford has brooded, and dark suspicions and doubts crept into her mind as to whether failure to receive the message was due to neglect and lack of thoughtfulness...
...There is no sort of writing that affords more enjoyment than editorial writing. As is not true in news competitions, where the style of the candidate is more or less standardized, in editorial competitions the candidate is given a chance to develop his own style, which he changes to suit different types of subjects...
...Senate. In double-breasted blue suit, Charles G. Dawes called the Senate to order. Eighty-nine senators, many in political "full dress," the Prince Alberts of yesteryear, were present at the solemn occasion. Of the four new senators, all except Mr. Nye were led to the rostrum by their colleagues, sworn in and allowed to sign the register. Senators rose up to congratulate the newcomers. Senator Butler, chairman of the Republican National Committee, was the first to shake the new Senator La Follette's hand. Mr. Nye's credentials were, referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections...
CHIMNEY CORNER STORIES-Veronica S. Hutchinson-Minton, Balch ($2.50). Sixteen well wrought little tales retold to suit those who still delight in beef juice and junket. Cleverly illustrated...
...However inglorious the role of Leonard Kip Rhinelander in this suit at White Plains, it is his lawyers who cut the poorest figure in the case. For obviously this was an affair that ought to have been settled out of court. No matter what the outcome, there was nothing to be gained by trying the suit; no matter what the Rhinelander family may have thought they were doing when they began the suit, good lawyers, lawyers devoted to the larger interests of their clients, lawyers conscious of their responsibility as members of the court, would have found ways to make...