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...play until they are 10; intellectual and social development can come later. This view Dr. Snedden bases upon experience with his six children (one adopted) whom he sent to school around their eighth year; and upon his work as an educator (superintendent of schools in Paso Robles, Calif., Massachusetts Com- missioner of Education...
...against the year's low of 25!^. For the first time silver trading on the National Metal Exchange, Manhattan, became clamorous, wild. Public buying was attracted because silver can be bought on a 6% margin. Companies with stakes in silver-currency nations were in demand, shares of mining com- panies were widely bought. Copper remained at 7^ but it was reported that consumers were taking all offerings. Manchurian war talk aided bullishness in copper, but the strongest copper shares were those with big silver interests...
...that dusty institute contained such promising pupils as Augustus John, Sir John Lavery, William Rothenstein. Billy Orps did not have to wait long for recognition. His humor, the firmness of his line, above all his brilliant use of color attracted inter national attention. Very soon he had more portrait com missions than he could handle. Tycoons besieged his studio. One New York gallery offered him $5,000,000 to come to New York and do a series of 300 portraits. Billy Orps turned it down. He had all the portraits he could possibly do right in London...
...control. The patent was issued in 1914, will expire Nov. 3 next. Seven years ago Esnault-Pelterie filed suit against the U. S. because planes used by Army & Navy had joy-sticks.* Also he sued Fairchild Airplane Manufacturing Co. and Chance-Vought Corp. for their commercial planes. The Fairchild com pany settled out of court this year. The Vought case is pending in New York. The claim against the Government lay dormant until recently when Claims Com missioner Hayner H. Gordon reopened the case. Should his claim be upheld. Inventor Esnault-Pelterie was reputedly pre pared to demand...
...Milligan, organist of the (Rocke feller) Riverside Church and of its predecessor, the Park Avenue Baptist Church. Born 42 years ago in Astoria, Ore., he is blond, bespectacled, looks less esthetic than businesslike. He has studied early U. S. music, written the sole biography of Composer Stephen Collins Foster, com posed songs, organ pieces and operettas. Lately he has devoted all his time to organ-playing and managing the N. A. O. and the National Music League which, with Mrs. Otto Hermann Kahn as its president, helps young U. S. musicians get ahead. Last month he represented U. S. organists...