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...same jail as the gangster. Here he finds the warden guilty of crooked bookkeeping, is later discovered, by his fiancee and mother, lying under a bed which belongs to the warden's wife. The suspense which provokes most of the comedy in The Girl Habit would vanish in a moment of unbiased consideration. But the picture runs along so fast that this moment never arrives. Although she has the role of a villainness, The Girl Habit serves as a satisfactory vehicle for the U. S. cinema debut of Tamara Geva, hitherto known for her dancing (in the Chauve Souris...
Some of the scrapping was necessitated by the London Naval Treaty. But the general effect of the Treaty will be to enlarge the U. S. Navy. Present savings will vanish if and when 188,500 tons of new "Treaty" cruisers are built. Of this total, 70,000 tons (seven cruisers) are now in construction or appropriated for. Also permitted by the Treaty are 56,300 tons of new aircraft carriers, of which 13,800 tons (one carrier) has so far been ordered by Congress...
...When an executive who has been very keen and capable begins to accept things as they are . . . I can feel very certain that he is tippling out of hours. . . .* Brains . . . are made permanently dull by even the most moderate habitual use, and they vanish altogether in the steady, heavy drinker...
Last week the stalwart folk of Bivalve, N. J., were fully aware that the change of season was upon them. The principal pursuit of Bivalvians consists of handling that particular bivalve known as Ostrea Virginica or "Eastern Oyster." When R and April vanish from the calendar, the sales of Ostrea Virginica soon halt. But May Day brings no rest to those in Bivalve who go down to the flats in sloops. For the closed season on oysters also opens the planting season...
Washington fears of broad pronouncements vanish...