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...trial at all but a "revengeful blood purge." Gradually he withdrew from social life. His heart had never been quite equal to his spiritual drive, nor was it equal to the exacting, wearing work of the court. His Bible was by now so thumbed and tattered he had to wrap it in a towel to keep it intact...
...result of all the Page One squabble: attendance at concerts had picked up-perhaps, mused one symphonygoer, because other ticket holders thought they might get to see somebody wrap a cello around somebody else's neck...
Died. Mrs. Flora Drummond, 70, militant British suffragette who served nine prison sentences during her campaign to get votes for women; in Carradale, Scotland. "General" Drummond led showy demonstrations while mounted on a white horse, once chained herself in front of 10 Downing St., once tried to wrap up two of her colleagues and mail them by parcel post to the Prime Minister...
...they must wait by the well, pot in hand, till a charitable upper-caste Hindu (standing at a careful distance) pours some water for them. Occasionally an Untouchable will gather enough money to hire an upper-caste villager to draw his water for him regularly. Caste Hindu employers sometimes wrap up the money to be paid Untouchable workers, drop the pay into their hands...
...Breeze (which also begins with gin, then gets out of hand). At Yale, a girl can get away with "two suits and two dressy dresses"; at Cornell, she should have a fall suit, a cocktail dress, a sweater & skirt, an evening dress, walking shoes, dancing shoes, an evening wrap and a warm coat...