Word: barringtons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bungling attempt at the temporal trickery which Mr. Henry James originally thought up and which was later used in a play called Berkeley Square. But instead of plausibly explaining the hiatus which exists between the dead past and the present as did Berkeley Square, the playwright of The Great Barrington simply has the swashbuckling Barrington ancestors flit among their haughty descendants in the ancient house on the banks of the Hudson. It develops that the democratic daughter of the modern Barringtons wants to marry a poor but honest young man. She is thwarted, however, by her prideful parents who remind...
...much like one of themselves. He served during the War as an aviation officer, was awarded the Cross of the Crown of Italy, highest Italian honor ever given a foreign-born citizen. He plays excellent tennis, once won the amateur championship of Massachusetts. He has a home in Great Barrington (Mass.), another in Italy...
...Camp-Jewel. Van Camp Packing Co. of Indianapolis merged with Jewel Tea Co., Inc. of Barrington, Ill. Van Camp (pork & beans, catsup, spaghetti, evaporated milk, etc.; established 1861) passed its first quarter dividend on 7% preferred though business for the first two months of the year showed an increase over 1929. Jewel (tea, coffee, other staples; first twelve week sales $3,693,872; directorate mostly Lehman Bros, and Goldman Sachs) distributes its products direct to the consumer by means of more than 1,200 automobile routes in 40 states. Van Camp will issue $2,500,000 additional preferred...