Word: careered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Foreign Minister of China, followed the example set by his Lord and master, renounced all mundane pomp and glory. To the Pope he sent all the civil, military and diplomatic decorations that he had earned in his long and useful career, announced his renunciation and decision to return to private life. His gifts will go to the Vatican Museum...
Died. Benjamin Franklin Smith, 96, perhaps richest New Englander ($50,000,000), who built the world's second largest stockyard in Omaha, Neb.; in Boston. With his three brothers he started his career by buying a gold mine near Pike's Peak, Col., which was thought to be a quartz claim. General Fitz-John Porter† attempted to bore into the claim. Gold-miner Smith forthwith made an opening into the outlaw shaft from below, built a fire, and smoked out the General's workers. The General promptly installed a huge fan which blew the smoke down...
...Brien '91, editor of the Boston Herald will talk on Monday evening at 7.30 o'clock at the University Club on "Journalism as a Career...
...smoke, never have and never shall" were the emphatic words of Schumann-Heink, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of her singing career in Boston. "I don't believe in it for women; let us leave just a little of the poetry attached to the name of woman. Of course it is all right for men; but when I see women and especially young girls smoking I could slap their faces right and left...
...year from this June I am going to end my career as a singer. I shall then have been on the concert stage for 52 years which is quite enough and shall go back to my home in California for the rest of my days. I think every American should see this country before going to Europe as so many do. The scenery is quite as wonderful as abroad, and as for atmosphere, ancient buildings and the rest, most tourists get nothing out of these anyway, and might quite as well gape in their own country...