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...glad to see that your correspondent thinks the Prince would be "amused" at my first letter. I have no doubt whatever that he would be! There is often a grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff. MARY ELIZABETH ROBINN...
Hiding one's light under a bushel, or rather under a wig, is all too rare in these unromatic and self-assertive days. The modesty of the young Haverford senior who, overburdened with honors, attired himself as a girl and attended his commencement incognito is therefore, very pleasing. He allowed his class poem to be read by a substitute while he received his degree as well as certain prizes and eulogies "in absentia," smiling appreciatively from his inconspicuous seat in the auditorium like any gushing maiden...
Increase of 30c to 42c a bushel on wheat (TIME...
Increase of 78c to $1.04 a bushel on wheat flour (TIME...
Arthur W. Cutten of Illinois, trader in grain, reputed to have made 15 million on paper in the present bull market, is celebrated for his efforts to avoid celebrity, to hide his light under a bushel...