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Brother John, the president, shuttles about the country attending to business when he is not hiding away in his Vast Valhalla, N. Y. estate or lunching in solitude at the Biltmore. His well-tailored grey clothes and his inevitable moth-winged half ascot tie are recognized at directors meetings of a few great corporations, by occasional A. & P. store managers when he drops in for a chat, but he is very. very seldom heard of by the consuming public. Brother George is not heard of or recognized at all. He sits in his bare office in Manhattan's Graybar Building...
Died. Robert ("Bob") Carey, 28, 1932 American Automobile Association racing champion; when, during a practice run on Los Angeles' Ascot Speedway, a frozen steering knuckle sent his car crashing through the guard rail...
...dons his trousers. Water tinkles against the sides of the basin as he sluices his gnarled face in the limpid pool. He dashes through the room, adding touch after touch to his creation of sartorial ineffability. His cutaway in place, he adds a final caressing stroke to his ascot, bathes its center in the refulgent aura of a heavy gold pin, and descends the innumerable stairs...
Attracted by news of this novelty which spread like wildfire through smart Mayfair, an unusually large number of their Lordships strolled in, several wearing bright-colored Ascot waistcoats...
...hats rolled on the ground and were trampled at Ascot one day last week. Women, caught up with men in a pushing, yelling mob, had their gowns torn, their hats mashed down over their eyes, their shoes scuffed and muddied. In the royal box the Queen and the Prince of Wales stood up and waved excitedly as the crowd surged about the winning horse. The excitement was not simply because a colt named Limelight had just won the Jersey Stakes, but because Limelight was being led in from the track by its proud owner-King George...