POINT with PRIDE
After a cursory view of TIME’S summary of events, the Generous Citizen points with pride to:
“A fine showing for one so young and not accustomed to turf.”
Open jails for dishonorable, smuggled aliens.
“Clean morals, clean food and fearless law enforcement.”
The glorious year 1779.
A gold Yale key to a front door.
An ancient gentleman smoking a stogie.
Five hundred invitations to speak on Labor Day.
A War-made officer whose rise was rapid.
The most skilful toes in the world.
Two elderly sisters of the dead.
Lightning that got into the headlines.
“As fine a book as one might ask for.”
A roster of names great in almost every field of endeavor.
The oldest bank official.
Drivers that bathe regularly, do not eat garlic.
Viscount Grey—”a tennis player of no mean repute.”
Victor Herbert’s last legacy to the world.
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