Word: bathes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sheep and ten calves, Livingston Polk Ferris. Bell Telephone Laboratories Engineer, last week in Electrical Engineering, was able to state precisely why a person may drop dead upon being shocked by a small current of electricity. Such an accident may happen when a person, still wet from a bath, touches an improperly grounded electric light in the bathroom. Mr. Ferris and associates rediscovered a method of reviving such shocked persons...
...shouted: "Auf, Schiff!" at Friedrichshafen at 9 p.m. An hour later practically all passengers had tired of peering at the lights of Germany, adjourned to the bar. Stewards wandered about with telegrams. A man played incessantly on the aluminum piano. Lady Wilkins had the honor of taking the first bath in the icy shower. By midnight most passengers were abed. A few diehards like Lady Grace Drummond Hay sat up all night...
Forward are comparatively luxurious passenger quarters. Inside are 25 tiny, windowless cabins, each with two berths and running water. Outside are the dining room and lounge. Connecting them are a companionway and two 50 ft. promenade decks with windows. There are seven toilets, one shower-bath. On a lower deck are the bar and a smoking room, first ever built in an inflammable dirigible...
...same time. Fare and Pullman on the Los Angeles Limited between Chicago and Los Angeles is $82.28. Coach fare on The Challenger between the same points will be $34.50-almost down to bus levels. Travelers on the Los Angeles Limited have at their disposal a maid, hairdresser, barber, valet, bath, buffet, radio and soda fountain...
From his London interview with Meher Baba, Author Landau got little. But a female disciple in Manhattan gave Landau a graphic description of the holy man's entourage: "He gets up very early. . . . He takes a very hot bath, and his hair is attended to with the greatest care. . . . He then goes from room to room, stops for a while in front of every bed, looks at the sleeping person, and, no doubt, directs in his own way the life of the disciple for the rest of the day. . . . He never reads books, but he knows everything. . . . Baba does...