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...shortly to do 93 m.p.h., Lord Cottenham continued, "I shrugged myself more comfortably into position behind the wheel and cast about little searching glances under the scuttle, as one does when familiarizing oneself with the instrument layout and control locations of a new model. . . . I saw the red telltale bulb glow on the ignition switchboard. . . . The big engine had hesitated- 'hunted' we call it-for a second or two, whether because my cuff had caught the throttle lever and sharply shut it or whether, as Colonel Harker afterwards said, because of a fleeting, almost intangible carburation mood...
Last week at Coney Island Barnet Males was in trouble with the law for pandering to the common interest in blood pressure. On the Boardwalk he set up a sphygmomanometer including a regular cuff and bulb. An overlarge dial was blatantly labeled "Blood Pressure Indicator for SYSTOLIC PRESSURE." For 10? passers-by were invited to "READ YOUR OWN BLOOD PRESSURE."* To protect himself from the serious charge of practicing medicine without a license, Concessionaire Males set up big signs reading: "Attendant is forbidden to diagnose, prescribe or treat under any circumstances. The only purpose of this (non-stethoscope) machine...
After three more spins of the wheel steam hissed from the boiler, and the emblems began to twirl slowly. After that the smile did not vanish from Mr Ford's face except when a photographer dropped his flash bulb, scattering magnesium foil across the immaculate floor...
Poppy (Paramount), in which W. C. Fields played on the stage in 1923 and the silent screen in 1925, is still an almost ideal vehicle for its bulb-nosed star. As Professor Eustace McGargle, broken down carnival spieler accompanied by his docile & devoted ward (Rochelle Hudson), he wanders into a village tent show, bulldozes the proprietor into giving him a concession, teaches yokels the intricacies of the pea & shell game, palms off his ward as heiress to the town's biggest fortune. By the time it has been established that she really is an heiress, W. C. Fields...
...Alberta last week defaulted payment of $3,200,000 principal on two matured 6% bond issues issued in 1916, thus became the first Canadian Government to welsh on a financial obligation. Elected on a platform promising ''$25 a month dividends to every citizen." Alberta's sanctimonious, bulb-eyed Premier William C. Aberhart explained: "We haven't the money. I'm sorry." Fact was that ''Bible Bill" Aberhart had inherited a $150,000,000 load of indebtedness from his predecessors, had only $140,000 with which to make an interest "token payment...