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...Dibble writes in part as a protest against the large mass of American biography-against its "sprawling incoherence," "parochial banalities," "maddening prolixity," "heavy slabs of adulation." His own portraits are characterized by refreshing brevity, a swift, strenuous manner, a sincere endeavor to get at the man behind the legend...
...Hardy players presented at Dorchester, England, Thomas Hardy's new play, The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall. Said The Times (London) : "The action is swift and strong without interruption. The poetry is clear-cut and precise...
Prohibition?"A treaty is being negotiated with Great Britain with respect to the right of search of hovering vessels. To prevent smuggling, the Coast Guard should be greatly strengthened and a supply of swift power boats should be provided. The major sources of production should be rigidly regulated, and every effort should be made to suppress interstate traffic. With this action on the part of the national Government and the cooperation which is usually rendered by municipal and State authorities, Prohibition should be made effective...
Gifford Pinchot, Governor of Pennsylvania: "A canoe which I was paddling up the Yellow Breeches Creek near Harrisburg, capsized in the rapids, pitching me headlong into the swift current. Being an excellent swimmer, I reached the shore, where my wife helped me from the water. Drenched, hatless, I walked more than a mile to a farm hourse. Next day I was none the worse for my chilling experience. The newspaper made a great joke over the fact that I had been...
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