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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1911
Page
7
Dr. Frederick Van Eeden recalls a bitter anecdote from Amsterdam days. A poor man with a rare spine condition hops uncontrollably before students while the crowd asks the gentlemen not to laugh. The scene exposes class cruelty and the professor’s pledge to silence.
Dr Felix Adler founder and president of the Ethical Culture Society of New York returned from the universal race congress where he served as an American delegate. Born in Germany in 1851 he studied at Columbia and in Berlin and taught Hebrew at Cornell. He chairs Columbia's political and social ethics chair and leads the national child labor committee.
The passage describes a satirical duel where French literati settle insults with staged verse combats. Opponents recite poems before a living chorus of servants and supporters, with laughter and epigrams determining the victor after a two hour contest.
A metropolitan church deacon recalls a minister who uses a color coded manuscript to guide delivery. The preacher marks sections with six crayon colors to cue tone and emphasis, turning pages to read in the intended cadence.
The article traces secret societies from ancient Egypt, Persia, and India, noting two faced religions with esoteric and exoteric strands. It discusses secret inner circles and public teachings, citing Cicero on the differing beliefs of Rome and Greece versus the masses.
Alfred Henry Lewis stops a magazine writer Louis Brownlow on Pennsylvania Avenue and proclaims a three hour listening demand. Brownlow lunches with him and performs long distance listening before declaring Lewis listened for three hours and nine minutes.
A visitor questions a child's photograph claiming a dog with a propeller tail is fake. Bobby explains the wagging tail is real and the moment was captured during teokened image making.
A Kansas City Journal quips about champagne service noting some patrons want a gong to accompany the pop. An Exchange joke counters by saying a woman is as young as she appears, while a man jokes about how she may not see herself the same.
Miss Cynie-Reather quips at a London Ontario exchange where a doctor diagnoses the speaker with a dubious condition. The notes imply sarcasm about medical certainty and personal insult in a public chat.
Modest, attractive house plan features basement under living area with option for full basement. First story uses Washington fir and pine second with plank floors. Dimensions thirty four by twenty two feet six inches main section. Build cost excluding heat plumbing estimated at 2200 dollars. Publisher offers book of plans ranging from 1000 to 3000 dollars.
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