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...daily papers. The opiate, the unsigned Treaty of Sevres which was intended to mark the end of the Turk in Europe,--has been treated most irregularly by Mustapha Kemal Pasha, who from all indications is doing his best to re-carve the boundaries of the Near East to suit his Angora. In the meantime the strong-arm squad,--the Greeks under a recently recrowned and still more recently un-crowned Constantine,--undertook to enforce the provisions of the treaty, feeling the inheritance of Alexander lay within their reach, as legitimate recompense for their efforts in the cause of peace. Severely...
...England as a whole and Boston in particular have a reputation to sustain. Law and Order, Liberty, and the Constitution have always found staunch support in the much maligned New England conscience. Other states may continue in their sordid ruts interpreting and tampering with the old traditions to suit their shifting advantages, but not so Massachusetts. Webster's is dangerous; the edict has gone forth; let it be abolished, even tho this mean Funk and Wagnall's, phonetic spelling and a thoro reconstruction of the language thruout the land. What matters while the old stock lasts...
...Americans are terrible fellows for curiosity. One of them, coming to England for the first time, had beguiled his leisure on the boat by reading the "Tales of a Traveller" by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., and nothing would suit him on landing but to ask to see the place where they put away "Kidd, the Pirate," as that very gallant gentleman is discourteously called. "Kidd, the Pirate," indeed; but this is not all; he is variously described by Mr. Crayon...
...University is to compare favorably with the other teams which Oxford plans to meet on the expected trip, a far greater interest much be taken in debating. The possibilities are wide. Yale is considering favorably a similar challenge and it is to be hoped that the University will follow suit...
...plain citizen" sums up the effectiveness of the story, which raises it above the run of its kind. Except for one or two stock figures, the story is about "plain citizens", among them a fascinating child in a "bunny suit", developed by excellent touches of characterization and woven into a narrative that so closely parallels real life that one finds one's self, more than once, experiencing the same reactions as the characters. The style is especially smooth flowing, and enlivened with sparkling glances of natural humor and keen appreciation of situation...