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...Green, 66. Dressed completely in black as was the habit of her mother, Hetty Green, the "Witch of Wall Street." rich old Mrs. Wilks sparred verbally with solemn-faced Lawyer Isaac A. Pennypacker, who questioned her on behalf of Widow Green. Ignoring the scales of justice separated by a sword of "Truth" encrusted on the ceiling, alert old Mrs. Wilks said just what she wanted to in her testimony-and when she wanted...
Religious ceremonial objects in the current exhibit include a six foot elephant tusk, carved in relief with richly dressed figures of kings and elephant heads; a huge, leaf-shaped sword, or ebere; many bells, cast in the shape of human heads; and a wooden rattle, five feet long, used by the priests to invoke the spirits at religious ceremonies...
BREAD AND A SWORD-Evelyn Scott- Scribner...
...were much impressed, ranked it among the best Civil War novels vet written. Her books since then have been a continuous disappointment. Last week she annoyed, depressed and bored nearly everyone in sight with a 488-page novel "on the artist and the creative problem." Bread and a Sword was Evelyn Scott's third exhaustive mangling of the same unpopular theme; readers cheered her announcement that it was likely to be her last word on the subject...
...years, Thy love hath led us, Thou hast been our bulwark strong, Wall of fire against the wicked, Sword of power against the wrong. Thou hast blest of old Thy servants As they bore Thy message far; We who follow in their footsteps Evermore their debtors...