Word: beecham
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...short time ago, an advertisement appeared in The Times and other newspapers stating that Sir Thomas Beecham would not be responsible for his wife's debts. Last week, Lady Beecham, who was former Utica Welles of Newark, N. J., applied unsuccessfully to restrain her husband from so advertising. She admitted that she had taken a lease of No. 15 Grosvenor Square, but was surprised to find that Sir Thomas had also rented a nearby house "for a lady,'' reputed to be Lady Cunard,* former Maude Alice Burke of Manhattan...
...position of pioneer and patron, he founded in 1907 the New Symphony Orchestra of which he was the conductor. He delved into the literature of music from which he "unfolded treasures that only learned students of art knew to be in existence." In 1908 he formed the Beecham Symphony Orchestra; turned soon after to opera, for which, from 1909 to 1919, he did more than any man in London. In 1915, he became conductor of the London Philharmonic Society. Spruce, brisk, genial, he is a good conductor, cultured impresario. He gave enormous amounts to Music, but, despite the immense wealth...
...money which enabled Sir Thomas heroically to champion Music was realized from the sale of the world-famed Beecham's Pills. Sir Joseph, the first baronet, began life as a farm boy, ended it the "third richest man in England," leaving a fortune...
...first Englishmen to recognize the value of advertising and the praise of Beecham's Pills was sung in thousands of newspapers, thousands of magazines, on thousands of car-cards and posters throughout the world in numerous languages. His methods were often called vulgar and probably his most famed advertisement...
Hark! the Herald angels sing Beecham's Pills are just the thing. Peace on earth and mercy mild, Two for a man and one for a child...