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...Daily Mail (now 1,900,000), which has lagged far behind Beaverbrook's giant Express (3,700,000) and the tabloid, Labor-loving Mirror (3,400,000) since the Government took the lid off circulations. Hard-handsome, hard-talking, hard-drinking Frank Owen, once an eager Beaver-boy himself, seemed...
Modern Hunt. Since the supply of musk has never met the demand, perfumers have always looked for substitutes. They discovered that many animals have musky-smelling lure glands. Beaver glands yield castor, which is widely used. So is loud-smelling civet. Perfume chemists once eyed skunks, encouraged by the fact that many people do not mind a distant skunk smell on a frosty morning. But the perfumers finally gave up on skunks: their scent is basically a defensive weapon rather than a sex lure. Muskrat glands, a cheap by-product of the fur trade, did work. The muskrat substance...
...those who had eyes to see (see RELIGION) could see him working away in the kitchen, as happy as' a literate lark, as busy as a broadminded beaver...
...MOST WIDE OPEN CITY.' The Ottawa Journal clucked like a mother hen: "Toronto is [just] growing up ... taking on the airs and smells and sounds of a big city. We think it will survive." The unkindest smirk of all lit up the Montreal Herald: "We are presently beaver-busy with uplift and the dusting off of our own morals. Sights high, eyes on the target, we are out to blast the canard that Montreal was ever a sinful city. . . . 'Toronto the Good' forsooth. Move over, chum...
...originator of "Bonmouton," a beaver-like fur made by plasticizing sheep pelts, Eitingon had enthusiastically expanded, bought seven processing plants, talked of selling 15,000,000 mouton coats (from $100 to $200). But the processing took longer than anticipated and he found himself short of ready cash...