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The Flapper in 1922

Flapper — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:43:09 +0000

THE BATTLE OF THE SKIRTS HALF humorist, half philosopher, a good friend of ours wrote in his commonplace book a few weeks ago: “To-day, at high noon, saw two young women wearing skirts that reached down, down, down to their very heels. Experienced a sensation not only of bewilderment but of shock. Stared. Then averted my face. Was in the sam... continued

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WU PEI-FU A Single Minded Chinese

Flapper — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 06:11:05 +0000

CHINA’S GREATEST SOLDIER, WHO NEVERTHELESS BELIEVES IN REUNION OF HIS COUNTRY BY TALKING RATHER THAN FIGHTING SOMETHING is known outside of China of Chang Tso-lin, variously called the “Satrap of Manchuria,’ “First War Lord of China,” and Super-Tuchun, but little has been heard about Wu Pei-fu, the ch... continued

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The Turk Who Didn’t Go

Flapper — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:48:00 +0000

FROM the moment when Turkey entered the World War on the side of Germany men in all the Entente countries and in America came to one conclusion: “The Turk must be put out of Europe.” But he was not. True, his lands were lopped off both in Europe and in Asia. He was practically reduced to Asia Minor. It was hoped that his European days w... continued

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Friendship Between France and America

Flapper — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:44:48 +0000

ON the steamer Chicago, from Havre, France, on September 19, sailed a large number of American students returning from a summer abroad to their respective colleges and universities. But there also sailed forty-two young French men and women who attracted equal notice. They had been selected for the scholarships offered by our colleges and universit... continued

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Kato the Liberal

Flapper — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:37:01 +0000

WHEN Admiral Baron Kato became Prime Minister of Japan last June, it was natural for Americans unacquainted with the details of Japan’s politics to assume that, with a naval officer at the head of the Government, the military party of Japan would be strengthened. As a matter of fact, however. Admiral Baron Kato, as we pointed out at the time,... continued

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Kaleidescopic China

Flapper — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:23:58 +0000

NOTHING better illustrates the rapid shift of Chinese politics than the fact that since the writing of Upton Close’s study of the relations of Wu Pei-fu and Sun Yat-sen !n the reconstruction of China most encouraging progress has been made in accommodating the divergent views of these leaders. The compromising of position has been faci... continued

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Germany Benefits From Paper Marks

Flapper — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:15:02 +0000

A FEW weeks ago one of the foremost publicists of France made a statement to a member of the Outlook staff that Germany had received in gold as the result of the sale of the Government’s paper marks abroad more than Germany had paid out in reparations. In other words, Germany was engaged in a very profitable transaction as a result of the wa... continued

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Quiet Days in Ireland

Flapper — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:06:40 +0000

IN the six weeks following Michael Collins’s death there have been in Southern Ireland less of fighting and disturbance than in any such period since De Valera and his supporters defied the authority of the Free State. One reason is found in the wide sweep of dismay and indignation at Collins’s death; another, in the previous defeat of ... continued

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A Lull in the Near East

Flapper — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:48:07 +0000

REPRESENTATIVES of Great Britain, France, and Italy are, as we write, entering into conference with Mustapha Kemal at Mudania, an unimportant port on the Sea of Marmora. This conference is nominally of a military nature and aims to frame an armistice between Greece and the Nationalist forces of Turkey. The plan is that it should bo followed by a fu... continued

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Gandhi Jailed

Flapper — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:12:31 +0000

GANDHI IN JAIL IT WAS IN A BRIDAL CAR (made in Detroit), with pink curtains pulled down, that India’s saint was whisked off to jail. Awakened at 1 A. M. in his camp tent by the British officials, he asked a few minutes to dress, and cleansed his teeth with the contraband salt that is the symbol of India’s revolt. Strikes, riots, death, ... continued

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