* * *
Did ever a presidential candidate say a few kind words for art and
literature, intimate the part they play in the civilizing of a nation,
and promise to further them by all means in his power, that the people
should not sink deeper into the quagmire of materialism? Probably not.
* * *
"Hercules, when only a baby, strangled two servants," according to a
bright history student. Nobody thought much about it in those days, as
there were plenty to be had.
* * *
Absolute zero in entertainment has been achieved. A young woman recited
or declaimed the imperishable Eighteenth Amendment in an Evanston
church.
* * *
With Jedge Landis at the head of grand baseball and Mary Garden at the
head of grand opera, the future of the greatest outdoor and indoor
sports is temporarily assured.
* * *
Rome toddled before its fall.
The Delectable River.