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...held over his head by a master of ceremonies the low-crowned, wide, curled-brim red hat of the cardinal. Brother cardinals caught them by the elbows and kissed them on both cheeks; the queerly plump Sistine choir sang; His Holiness departed; all cardinals adjourned to sing a Te Deum; the happy audience departed...
...Vincent Millay, of other poets who dine together from time to time, all sitting around a table in a Manhattan grill while the elbows of the knowing onlookers dig the ribs of the innocent ones and murmurs float above the clatter of the table d'hôte: "There's Oontermeyer!" "There's Bennett!" One afternoon, after the coffee, suggested Poet Markham, a joke went round the company; pencils flashed from waistcoat pockets, and the Child Genius, Nathalia Crane, was born upon the back of a menu-card...
Prices. Proceeding to a bank, the U. S. traveler finds that he can get a shade less than two rubles for a dollar. For one ruble he can get a passable table d'hôte dinner. For eight kopecks (four cents), he can ride on a new or renovated tram. If his tastes lean to motoring, British-made busses and an occasional taxi...
...first time since a serious illness last February: "Last, week the doctor pummeled and poked me all over and then said: 'Well if you were one of the four hundred freshmen I am examining I would pass you at once as physically fit to enter Brown'. Te be told you are as good as a freshman is, under some circumstances, extremely gratifying...
...banking circles, the gradual economic and financial recovery of most European countries is now generally recognized, although this is infrequently accompanied by enthusiasm for foreign investments. However, economists have long predicted that our credits and te some extent our current trade balances must be adjusted with Europe by importing securities. This winter it looks as if such securities could be made and sold here without too great risk to lenders and without exorbitant interest rates to borrowers. If so, a new stage in the history of the U. S. as a creditor nation will be introduced...