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Married. Ernestine Altman, orphan niece of famed Manhattan Lawyer Max D. Steuer ("Belasco of the Bar"); and Leonard Golding, Manhattan broker; in New York City Hall, by Mayor James John Walker. It was the fourth time Mayor Walker had performed such a ceremony. He absented himself from a discussion of city transit unification. Said he: "Since this is another unification job, I don't think I can be accused of shirking the city's business...
...unexpected glory when it inherited the famed H. O. Havemeyer collection which includes, besides masterpieces of the earlier schools, the very finest specimens of French impressionism. This single gift, valued at many millions, is the greatest contribution the Metropolitan ever received, with the possible exception of the Benjamin Altman donation...
...Roller skating is encouraged in the stock rooms of large stores that occupy vast areas. Errand and stock boys and girls are equipped with skates, and besides getting around faster, think of the fun! Marshall Field in Chicago started this. In New York we hear it is done at Altman's and at Macy...
...They see her at the inaugural balls and occasionally at a small dinner. Her face is familiar as it is framed against the back seat of an open Packard, license No. 2. The Dutch aristocracy of Albany noted the gradual improvement of her appearance as the sales-ladies of Altman's [Manhattan department store] have become more adept at finding becoming gowns for her, and on the rare occasions when she stands in the receiving line of the Junior League assemblies, she is as well-dressed as the most important Van Hoogkamp or Vandervorden...
...fruit of his reflection appeared last week at Manhattan stores (The Three New Yorkers, Inc., Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Mark Cross Co., Saks & Co., Fifth Ave., Lewis & Conger, Ovington's, B. Altman, Elizabeth Pusey) at a Chicago store (Peacock) and at a Los Angeles store (Barker Bros.). It was a three-wheeled barrow, of tea-wagon appearance, containing lock compartments for liquor, an ice receptacle, niches for bottles, glasses, ice-picks, opener, knives, spoons; a cedar drawer for 500 cigars; a tray; an oak board for slicing fruit; a musical attachment designed to play certain tunes. This machine-the "Baker...