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Judge Carr is to be congratulated also upon his unusual grasp of the historical implication of the case. Citing the "Encyclopedia Britannica" and Mr. Bernard Sobel's "Burleycue--An Underground History of Burlesque Days" he announced that "burlesque has changed considerably since the days of Aristophanes and Sheridan." He is further to be congratulated upon his escape from picayuno technicalities in deciding that "it is unnecessary for me to determine the extent of the attire. . . If these were the ones they displayed heads and more or less of the bust. They were slightly clothed...
...floors underground, in the deepest recesses of Widener, is hidden the photostatic department of the library which last year filled 3225 separate orders ranging in size from the reproduction of rare letters to copying entire books...
...admiring tribute Fannie Hurst has written: "Gangplank for Madam Minister! . . . Diplomacy is as feminine as ships and cats and south wind and lipstick. Diplomacy rises in the female heart and becomes an underground river, running swiftly beneath the surface of the sex. . . . The greatest political diplomats of the world have been . . . Pompadours, De Staels, Helens. . . . The poised, experienced, gorgeously equipped Madam Minister of today is schooled to her finger tips." At her arrival last week, Danish orchestras burst into ''Springtime in Denmark- Lilacs in Bloom," the words by Madam Minister, music by her daughter, "Ruth the Second...
...Nobody knows," answered Colonel Charles R. Apted, Superintendent of Care-Takers, when asked where the water is coming from. "It may be escaping from a broken, or discarded main; it may be the overflow from one of the numerous springs in this vicinity; or it may be simply underground water draining down to the Charles. But we expect shortly to get to the truth of the matter...
...years before Moscovites can actually ride on a subway complete with stations, tickets and all such necessaries. But last week the 70,000 Moscow subway builders, fired with frantic zeal, pledged themselves not to slow down, vowed that next January a train shall run over the entire seven-mile underground line as demanded by the original plan...