Political Conventions and Civic Mockery Across America
The piece lampoons upcoming conventions in Cleveland and Philadelphia with frantic delegates and exaggerated choruses. It references Al Smith and Liberty League satire while blasting religious and racial intolerance and critiquing wartime attitudes and public speechmaking.
Our Pet Peeve and the Reticent Maid
The mistress lectures Elsie on being reticent about what she hears at table. Elsie asks if there will be much to be reticent about. A puzzled Barker Teacher and a boy named Bobby discuss the meaning of expert as a dad explains it as someone who earns a big salary for telling others how to do things he cannot do himself.
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