Currie
SIR ARTHUR WILLIAM, a British soldier. He was born in 1875 and, after receiving his preliminary education, entered the army. After a period of military training in England he went to Canada and was gradually promoted until he became Inspector-General. He 1 served in the World War, 1914-1918. In 1915 he was made C. B.; in 1917 K. C. M. G.; in 1918 K. C. B.; and in 1919 G. C. M. G. In 1917-1919 he commanded a Canadian corps in France and was mentioned in dispatches. He also received the cross of the Legion of Honor, 3d class.
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Cursed Bread
Used for purposes of divination, or ordeal by flour or bread. A piece of bread, about an ounce in weight, over which a spell had been cast, was administered to the suspected person. Should it cause sickness or choking the man was said to be guilty, but if he remained well he was regarded as innocent. Barley bread was often used for this form of divination, being more likely to cause choking. This method of trial was practised amongst the Anglo-Saxons.
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Curtin
ANDREW GREGG, an American politician; born in Bellefonte, Pa., April 22, 1815. He studied law at Dickinson College, and was admitted to the bar in 1839. Entering politics, he be came secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania nia in 1854, governor in 1860, and again in 1863, being one of the most noted "war governors." In 1869 he was appointed minister to Russia. In 1873 he left the Republican party, and from 1881 to 1887 sat in Congress as a Democrat. He died in Bellefonte, Pa., Oct. 7, 1894.
JEREMIAH, an American linguist and antiquarian; born in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1838. He has written: "Myths and Folk-Lore of Ireland"; "Tales of the Fairies and the Ghost World"; "Myths and Folk-Tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars"; etc. He was a proficient in the Slavic tongues; made addresses in Czech, and translated much from Russian and Polish. He died in 1906.
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Curtis, George William
George William (1824-1892), an American editor, lecturer, and author. He was a native of Providence, Rhode, Island . His reputation was first won through his sketches of travel, Nile Notes of a Howadji, written while traveling in Egypt and Syria. For many years, including the period of the Civil War, Curtis was political editor of Harper's Weekly, which he made a powerful supporter of the Union cause. For many years he was editor of the "Easy Chair" in Harper's Magazine. It has been said that in this work "his province and his influence resembled those of Addison and Steele in the best issues of the Spectator." It is by his chatty notes and observances in the "Easy Chair" department that Mr. Curtis is best known. Among his later books are Lotus Eating, Potiphar Papers, Prue and I. Mr. Curtis was also known as a successful lecturer. He delivered notable memorial orations on Burns, Bryant, Irving, Lowell, and others. In the "Easy Chair" of Harper's Magazine, Mr. Curtis displayed the highest qualities of an essayist. Comment on art, music, literature, current events, politics, society, was here set forth, month by month, in graceful and flexible style, animated by genial humor, often by keen satire, but always regulated by the purest taste. So nice was his sense of literary proportion, that local and ephemeral circumstances, preserved in these monthly records, have keen interest for the reader of to-day.--Shaw.
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Curtiss
GLENN HAMMOND, an American aviator. He was born at Hammondsport, N. Y., in 1878, beginning work as a newsboy and later developing into a mechanic and cycle rider. In 1906 he established a record for the fastest mile on a motor cycle, and later experimented with flying machines. His first international cup was won in the contest at Rheims in 1909, and he also won the $10,000 prize offered by the New York "World" in 1910 for the New York-Albany flight. He also engaged in the manufacture of aeroplanes, becoming president of the Curtiss Aeroplane Co. at Hammondsport, and treasurer of the Curtiss Exhibition Co. During the World War the Curtiss Engineering Corporation produced the "NC-1," the largest seaplane in the world, making a flight with fifty men on board, a record which was bettered only in 1920.
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Curwood
JAMES OLIVER, an American author, born at Owosso, Mich., in 1878. He studied in the literary department of the University of Michigan, and for 7 years was engaged in newspaper work. Later he spent much time in the Canadian Northland, where he traveled as far north as the Arctic coast. He was employed by the Canadian Government as an explorer and descriptive writer. Among his books are "The Courage of Captain Plum" (1908); "The Danger Trail" (1910); "The Valley of Silent Men" (1911); "Nomads of the North" (1919); and "The River's End" (1919). He was a frequent contributor to magazines.
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Curzola
the most beautiful of the Dalmatian islands, in the Adriatic, stretching about mil an average breadth of 4 miles; area, 85 square miles. It is covered in many places with magnificent timber. The fisheries are very productive. It contains a town of the same name.
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Curzon
EARL, continued in the office of Foreign Secretary in the cabinet of Bonar Law, 1922. In the Near Eastern Conference at Lausanne in this year, he was the leading spokesman of the Allied Powers against the Turkish Nationalists.
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Cushman
CHARLOTTE SAUN- 1 DERS, an American actress; born in Boston, July 23, 1816; appeared first in opera in 1834, and as Lady Macbeth in 1835. Miss Cushman played sometimes in high comedy, but her name is identified with tragic parts. In 1844 she accompanied Macready on a tour through the Northern States, and afterward appeared in London, where she was well received in a range of characters that included Lady Macbeth, Rosalind, Meg Merrilies, and Romeo-her sister Susan (1822-1859) playing Juliet. Miss Cushman retired from the stage in 1875, and died in Boston, Feb. 18, 1876.
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Custer
GEORGE ARMSTRONG, an American soldier; born in New Rumley, O., Dec. 5, 1839; graduated at West Point in 1861; and served with distinction during ing the Civil War, retiring with the rank of Major-General. He afterward had various cavalry commands in the West, and several times defeated hostile Indians. On June 25, 1876, with a force of 1,100 men, he attacked a body of Sioux, afterward found to number some in Montana, and he and his entire command were destroyed.
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