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...simultaneous expression of a crying necessity by two men so well qualified to discover what is wrong with representative government make it imperative that the whole format be altered. Bold-face headlines by Hearst, brilliant quips by the staff of Time and of the New Yorker, light talks by Bruce Barton, and sketches by Peter Arno would all help put the "Record" on the newsstands. And finally a Dorothy Dix column would minister to the heart of gold that beats beneath the rough senatorial exterior...
...must not only write a correct one; in addition I must foresee just 'how the reader will take it." I do not know the gentleman who reads my paper, but I'll wager that, notwithstanding the decisiveness with which he decrees that this expression is right, that in wrong, if he ever spent a day in France he was shepherded by a Cook's guide...
Barry: This is the wrong day for petitions...
...science, Stanford University announces a course in fishing. One would expect that the student would gain a thorough grounding in the art of tieing flies, in the maintenance of tackle, and in fly casting from the faculty of arts and sciences. Such an apparently logical deduction is wrong, for the prospective anglers are to be taught by the department of physical education. The delicate art of Isaac Walton becomes productive material in the hands of Lionel Strongfort and Earl Liederman. Perhaps next month's issue of "Breezy Stories" will carry in the bold type of a full page advertisement, "Become...
...think it would have been done if I had not been there.") nothing was too good for Wellington. Already a Duke, he had every conceivable honor, all possible emoluments heaped on him. He became Prime Minister, was even made Chancellor of Oxford. He could do no wrong. Once out shooting (being a General, not a sniper) "he shot a dog, then a keeper, and finally an aged cottager who had been rash enough to do her washing near an open window." When the victim cried to her mistress that she was wounded: "My good woman," she replied, "this ought...