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...Aquitania (Cunard)?Miss Helen Wills and Vincent Richards, Olympic Tennis Champions; the Right Hon. Sir Samuel Hoare, Bart, Commissioner for the League of Nations to Care for Russian Refugees; Alfred C. Bedford, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey; Howard Heinz (nickles); William B. Leeds with his wife (Princess Xenia of Greece); Major E. D. Metcalfe, Equerry to the Prince of Wales, to make arrangements for the latter's visit...
...request made by Sir Brodrick Hartwell, Bart., for subscriptions to buy liquor abroad and ship it to the rum fleet off the shore of the U. S. threatens to become an international incident. The Baronet's first appeal was to British investors and led to a controversy with Premier MacDonald, who referred to his activities as a "disgraceful blot" (TIME, June 9). Apparently British contributors were not forthcoming. But Sir Brodrick is not easily discouraged. His next appeal was made to Americans. He obtained a "sucker list" and mailed a glowing prospectus to the names upon it, which, under...
...almost seems foolish to outline the plot of such a well-known play, but some people forget easily, and some may have been touring Europe when this "Cohan show" came to Boston. The story centers about John Paul Bart, who is in the employ of Anton Huber, a tailor. Like all human beings and Horatio Alger heroes, he cherishes fond hopes of becoming a great man, and to further himself intellectually commits to memory many phrases of an unpublished work by Dr. Gustavus Sonntag, the finance of Mr. Huber's daughter, Tanya. Finally opportunity knocks at his door...
With all the confidence in the world Bart forces himself upon Mr. Abraham Nathan, president of the American Oceanic Company; and by a flowery speech about the value of publicity wins or himself an excellent position...
...success, however, does not last, or Dr. Gustavus, jealous of Tanya's love for Bart, exposes the former tailor's despised in fashionable society; so, as all his friends renounce him, Bart seeks solace at Huber's shop. Here he finds Tanya as friendly as ever, and, upon hearing his publicity manager, proposes marriage and is accepted...