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...chief for Alaska, got the Eskimos started in the reindeer industry, of which Carl Lomen is king; that there is said to be a mountain of jade in the wild hinterland; that Eskimo seamstresses wear their teeth to the gums chewing deerhide into shape; that whaling parties will travel afoot 30 miles out on the unevenly frozen ocean hunting for open leads to watch for a blowing bowhead; that flocks of duck, whose northward flight beyond Barrow is strong evidence of land in the Arctic "blind-spot," fly so thickly and so low that the natives can lasso them with...
Followink the success of the two trips made in 1925 by the clubs, plans are now afoot for two more journeys. Last spring the institution travelled to Hot and White Sulphur Springs, Va, and during the past Christmas vacation to other points in the South. As has already been announced, a trip is planned for the coming Easter vacation to last three days, and include New York and points cast. But it is possible that the Clubs may seek northern climes next Christmas if arrangements can be made for a trip to Montreal, Toronto, and Quebee...
...Plans Afoot...
...Happening upon a rich uncle, he gets a job in the avuncular collar factory at Lycurgus, N. Y. His own neckwear improves. He sniffs wealth and position, smears oil on his hair and his manners. He puts afoot a promising campaign for the hand, body and prestige of Sondra Finchley, social princess of Lycurgus. While that plan is maturing, he cannot resist indulging in one of the factory girls, Roberta Alden. The physiological consequence is normal...
...Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road...