The Archive · 1937

WAR'S ROMANCE DIMMED

There has been a long series of newspaper photographs of the devastation wrought in Shanghai, Madrid, and other cities by long-range shelling and aerial bombardment, but it wasn't till the other day that we got to wondering what the effect of all this might be on that younger generation whose eagerness for romantic adventure is still one of the most important in-gradients of war says the "New Yorker." We're old enough, ourself, to remember when the uniform was Many a household and institution during the upset days of last August had particular cause to bless the name of Dombey's and now that we may permit ourselves to hope that the most hectic part of the emergency is over are still appreciating the, meals and other amenities it pr@vides. (Incidentally, might one ask how long

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