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... At the Sign of the Times The Happy Season Whether we wish it or no, the opening of the New Year is, as a rule, comparatively happy. For one thing, it represents the period which philosophers have declared to be most conducive to real happiness, that, namely, of recovering from previous pain or depression-- caused in this case by overdoing it in one way and another at Christmas. Most people ...

... More caustic comments by the Blasi Debutante 1 2. Waltz. I did not catch his name, but he came with the North-Lindsay's, and Mamma says they know the right people. Anyway, he had an arm like a boat-hook, and waltzed as if he had a starting- gate continually in front of him. It was a most distressing exercise. I believe we collided with the Richardson girl, the one who drives Jim Deacon's motor ...

... At the Sign of the Times THE AGE OF SHORT CUTS That the Age is not Faultless This is not an age of learning; it is an age of short-cuts, motor cars and games. Such is the painful indictment brought against the twentieth century by a writer in the Lady's Reaim. I venture to quote it partly because --this not being an age of learning-- we may not have studied the Lady's Realm for ourselves; ...