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Second only to moose in size, elk thrive on less food than any other deer. They are the hardiest deer, are immune to hoof and mouth disease, Texas fever, lumpy jaw and black tongue. They have "a quiet and contented nature." They dress heavier than any other meat animal. Their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Industry | 3/8/1926 | See Source »

IDIOT MAN-Charles Richet- Brentano's ($2). Because he drinks, drugs, smokes, wears earrings, has venereal diseases, tattoos, castrates, circumcises, lets mosquitoes live, fears free trade and death, martyrs his great, razes his forests and does not talk Esperanto, and because all the while he knows better, therefore, fumes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Little Voltaire | 2/22/1926 | See Source »

It is especially significant that all the difficulties could be remedied by an efficient management, except that difficulty which is caused by the lack of sufficient applicants for the job. This scarcity of applicants is due to the fact that the men themselves are not contented with the conditions. They...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lack of Sympathy Charged in Student-Waiter Report | 2/18/1926 | See Source »

Memory Lane. This sounds pretty dull and indeed is. It is a story of sacrifice. A small-town husband is contented to allow his wife to run away with a city chap simply because" he knows she will be happy. Eleanor Boardman is the girl.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Feb. 15, 1926 | 2/15/1926 | See Source »

Otto Klemperer, seven-foot German conductor here for an engagement as guest leader of the New York Symphony, walked on the stage of Mecca Auditorium, bent his big frame to bow to a fascinated audience, turned to the orchestra. He lifted his great arms and the entire orchestra fell under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Magazine | 2/1/1926 | See Source »

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