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Small in stature, dark in complexion, he is?but for one feature ?undistinguished in appearance. The notable feature is a high nose which starts outward and upward from his face imperiously, as if pronouncing destiny upon all it surveys...
...bluntly described the present baleful condition of Protestant evangelical churches of the U. S. Those churches lost 500,000 members during 1926, he estimated. In 13 communions with total membership of 15,160,170, the losses aggregated 268,065. As the total membership of U. S. evangelical churches "is upward of 29,000,000, the total yearly loss, if other communions besides the 13 were included, would approximate about half a million...
...Secondly, the Church should cooperate with the findings of modern science, and urge the use of scientific discoveries which tend to the upward development of the race. If, for instance, in the light of modern knowledge, the upward development of humanity seems to point to a greater emphasis upon family life, then the Church should urge the latter to be maintained at all hazards. But if upward development seems to lie in any other direction, then to maintain the solidity of the family against it, is not being an intelligent guide. I am not saying which way science seems...
...Capt. Ugo V. d'Annunzio (son of the poet) is President of Isotta Motors, Inc. of Manhattan, the U. S. agency for Isotta-Fraschini automobiles ($15,000 and upward). He, well acclimatized, is an exponent of the U. S. take-a-cake-of-yeast habit...
...flywheel, 2,000 feet in diameter. You are strapped to its outer rim. The wheel is in motion, whirling you forward and downward at a speed which increases from 150 miles per hour to 280 miles per hour when you are upside down, beneath it. Then you are carried upward to your original position and are safe, for this wheel will not torture you with another revolution...