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Dr. Dirk Diephuis, pastor of the Swedenborgian Church, sends us a clipping from an Amsterdam newspaper, which he translates. It is interesting reading:
The day before Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh arrived in Panama City, a colyumist on El Tiempo deplored that he had become "an instrument of imperialism. . . . The Lindbergh of today . . . translates, expands and fortifies the ambitions of imperialism. He is as significant in a spiritual sense as a Chicago sausage factory...
Grace George, 50, is the wife of Producer William Brady, the mother of William Brady Jr. Actress Alice Brady is her stepdaughter. Born in Manhattan, educated in a convent, she is devout, seldom misses confession or mass, often attends church before she returns home after a late party. She speaks...
Outside your magazine you print the picture of a benevolent, timidly smiling, white-haired gentleman. Inside your magazine you print the story of Devereux Milburn, aggressive, hard riding, cyclonic captain of the U. S. Polo Team. Which is which? I have seen Milburn, talked to him; watched him play. As...
Siam, whose king translates Shakespeare while foreigners carry on his government still has its Eastern foibles. One of the most fundamental traditions, that of the harem, the present king has modified after the Oxford manner. Possibly, the high cost of educating young princes abroad caused this scion of a prolific...