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...just around the corner ever lurks the soldier bonus. "As sure as God lives and the sun rises in the morning," Senator Smoot has said, "the bonus will be passed." If so, discussion of tax reduction is sweet futility...
Death has laid a heavy hand on the ranks of Republican Senators during the last year. In March Senator Samuel D. Nicholson of Colorado died; Governor Sweet appointed Alva B. Adams, a " progressive" Democrat, to occupy his seat. In April Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota died; Magnus Johnson, Farmer-Laborite, was elected in his stead. In July Senator William P. Dillingham of Vermont died. His place has not yet been filled, but there is a good chance that the Republicans will not lose another Senator. Last week primaries were held to choose the candidates who will stand in a special...
...issued a list of some 20 official spellings and definitions including: " Thresh " instead of "thrash"; "Brahma" instead of "Brahman" (Zebu cattle); " kafir " instead of " kaffir " or " kaffir corn "; " milo " instead of " milo maise "; " sorgo " instead of " cane sorghum"; "potato" for "Irish potato," "round potato," "white potato," " common potato "; " sweet potato" instead of "yam" for the plant Ipomoea Batatas; "purebred," "broomcorn," "butterfat" to be spellt as single words without hyphens...
Miss, Mason's voice was not sweet although it was limpid and rich. She possessed a certain emotional restraint that lent to her singling a peculiar voluptuousness. Her voice showed to best advantage in Batch's Bist du bel mir." Her rendition of Batti, batti" would, we think have been more successful had it been more animated. She sang also Dupare's "Chanson Triste", Liszt's "Comment disaient-lls?" and Rachmanlnoff's, "Flcods of Spring...
...Story. Some 40 years ago- in the days of the railroad aristocracy, when life was more spacious- the Forrester place at Sweet Water was known from Omaha to Denver for its hospitality and a certain charm of atmosphere. There lived Captain Daniel Forrester, pioneer-hearted, a man whose age was the age of a strong pine, and Marian, his second wife, 25 years younger than himself. It was from her that the charm of the house proceeded- that delightful and airy lady, vivid as her garnet earrings. Niel Herbert, young friend of the Forresters, grew up with the touch...