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...mysterious American collector, who has withheld his name, purchased Augustus John's famous portrait of Madame Suggia for the sum of $50,000. A vain effort was made to raise this sum by subscription to purchase the picture for the British nation. However, the purchaser is graciously permitting it to be hung for a while in one of the British National Museums before transporting it to America...
...spirit of optimism reigns at Washington, according to reports, where the belief is current in official quarters that the United States will soon accord recognition to Mexico, withheld since the fall of President Carranza...
...value of the subjects, and their interest. The tutor's work is here. And the success with which a subject is absorbed should certainly be the measure of an undergraduate's achievement, on the degree of his intelligent command of his field should honors or distinction be awarded or withheld...
...popular reception to the Soldiers' Bonus Bill is a curious commentary on the psychology of a representative form of government. One newspaper is bold enough to say that Mr. Mellon is right and that because it will be bad for the people it should be withheld from them; another, making a bid for favor among its readers consequently is for it; still others, playing entirely upon sentiment, and having no regard for economic laws or anything else of even a semi-logical nature, will openly and blatantly advocate a bonus--the bill to be footed by Wall Street in some...
...even they will admit that nothing can be done now, that admittance to the Stadium will at least give them a chance to join the battle against the Elis; and that with a week's campaign to beat Yale before us, all discussion of the ticket allotment should be withheld. After the game the problem may be tackled with a view to making impossible next year what has apparently been unavoidable this fall...