Capacity for serious contemplation differs with different peoples and in different ages,--under Cromwell it was at a maximum, under Charles II.

it was at a minimum; the Puritans suppressed the laughter of a nation; it broke out in ridicule that discriminated not between sacred and profane.

The tension of our age is such that diversions must recur quickly.

The next great Exposition may require two Midways, or three or four for the convenience of the people.

You can't get a Midway any too near the anthropological and ethnological sections; a cinematograph might be operated as an adjunct to the Fine Arts building; a hula-hula dancer would relieve the monotony of a succession of big pumpkins and prize squashes." At that moment the Professor became interested in the strange procession entering the streets of Cairo, and we followed.