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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...developed betting appetite of the mob. In an effort to provide, also, food for thought, he harked to the day when he put sterling back on gold. "Because of that policy," he declared, "there has been a decline of 18 points (%) in the cost of living . ... while wages are almost at the 1924 level. . . . This means an increase in the purchasing power of our wages equivalent to the remission of ?161,000,000 ($780,850,000) annually in indirect taxation." Though such a statement is all very well for electioneering purposes it completely ignores the fact that thousands of British...
...nary how little your hotel men spend on bathrooms! They tell me one really can't pay over $1,500 in New York for a bathroom with the finest standard fittings. Now in London what do you suppose we have to pay? Not less than ?1,000, or almost 5,000 of your dollars!" Though obviously keen to plunge into the riddles of "Prosperity" and "Standardization," tall, snowy-haired Connoisseur George Reeves-Smith soon consented to answer several questions which are riddles to many a U. S. traveler in Europe. Questions such as: "Which are the rarest and finest...
...bouquet, take a little in my mouth to get the taste, and then spit it out. Incidentally America has some of the best water I have ever tasted." Worth memorizing is the fact that 1921 was a "great year" not only for Châateau Yquem but for almost every white wine of note in France or Germany. Memorable too are Châateau Lafite 1920 and Châateau Haut-Brion 1921. Due to the craze for Champagne, these superb red and white Bordeaux, the wines of connoisseurs, sell commonly for a trifle less than a good...
...obscene, that presently the French government-no committee of prudes-banned the sale in France of L'Impero and its foul-tongued sister sheet // Tevere. Unfortunately the episode did not end there. Stung by the knowledge that despised and hated Austrians are now the "champions of champions," almost the whole Italian press spent the week in working itself up to a purple pitch of fury-even demanding that Italy, as one of the seven guarantors of the first League of Nations loan to Austria, should use her veto power to prevent the Austrian government from floating another loan (TIME...
...Manhattan last week two white-bearded men of almost exactly the same short stature spoke to each other...