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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1912
Page
6
Professor Ward reports in the Strand on a snail's movement across a glass edge and over a razor blade. The Roman edible snail, he notes, shows a delicate sense of touch, retracts its small feelers near danger, and drags a weight of one and a half ounces over a sharp edge unharmed.
Humorist George Ade delivered an amusing address on grammar at a Chicago dinner. He urged correct language such as Mamie and I have been to church and warned against overusing got, noting I have a million sounds finer than I have got a million.
A whist player resents being told his face reveals a good hand and seeks a refutation, only to hear his opponent claim no facial expression shows any tell. Miss Elizabeth Marbury criticizes shrewish women, noting how one can tell by speech or reaction. A Whitechapel bridegroom jokes about the vow to obey in marriage.
A mosaic of quotes and snippets on breeding social grace life values coinage and philosophy. It threads reflections on character beginnings in life tales about money awkward humor and a humane view of moral conduct across eras with varied names and proverbs.
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