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Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, creator of "Old Bill," lectures at the Union tonight at 8 o'clock, portraying to Union members intimate views of his leading characters...
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, the author of the "Better Ole", and creator of the well-known character "Old Bill" will give an illustrated lecture at the Harvard Union on Tuesday evening, December 9, at 8 o'clock...
Vastly different was the McEwans' slow tango. Executed by Scots, it is a French adaptation from the Argentine and is, according to its creator, "a ver-r-r-a d-r-r-r-aggy dance." Because of its polyglot source it was named The International Tango. Lazy in tempo?32 bars to the minute?its slowness is compensated by twists and spins...
Guiding this young (incorporated in 1928) company's affairs is its creator, youngish Tom Huston, publicized as "The Farmer Boy Who Became Peanut King." It would be a mistake to call Peanut King Huston "Thomas," for like Republic Steel's Tom Girdler he is simply, proudly Tom. The bronze nameplate on his desk bears only the three-letter word: TOM. The company points out that this is very expressive of his character...
...Shahs. And this came from India, not Persia. Built in the reign of Shah Jahan (1627-58) in India's "golden age of architecture," it appeared in Persia after the sack of Delhi by Nadir Shah in 1738. Designer is thought to have been Ustad Isa, reputed creator of the Taj Mahal. Before it was stripped of most of its appurtenances, silver steps led up to the throne proper, a peacock tail canopy overspread it, diamonds, rubies, precious gems, thick as stars on an autumn night, encrusted it. Eastern imagination placed its original value at ?12,000,000 sterling...