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...matter of fact, in 1914, during litigation between the Wrights and the Curtiss Co., Langley's machine with some changes was flown at Hammondsport on Lake Keuka, N. Y. It is difficult to determine what exactly the changes were. But Mr. Wright resents the fact that the Smithsonian allowed Langley's precious model to be used for "the purpose of private parties to a patent litigation." And he also resents the card in the Smithsonian attached to the Langley plane- This is the first airplane capable of flight...
Round went the hat again to folk who knew it well-to venerable Arthur Curtiss James, to middle-aged John Davison Rockefeller Jr., to venerable Cleveland H. Dodge, to Edward S. Harkness who says little, gives much; to others. Out of the hat came $350,000 and it was forth- with announced that a $500,000 edifice for the American Church would be built on the left bank of the Seine where that river-to be exact, at the Quai d'Orsay-cuts through Paris. The balance is assured because the project has the official approval of the Presbyterian...
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...said, merely as "a grateful woman." The Monday Opera Club, an organization which provides titled guests for wealthy U. S. hostesses, arranged entertainments for her. On her first night in town, there was an informal dinner in her suite?the guests including Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James, Princess Cantacuzene-Speransky, Mrs. Richard Mortimer, Mrs. Henry H. Rogers. After dinner, the party went to the Jolson Theatre?minus Mrs. Vanderbilt, who rushed off, apologizing. Later, the Duchess beamed at a school of wriggling debutantes at the Colony Club. The Colonial Dames of America gave a party...
This letter was signed by the Rev. George Alexander, and by outstanding laymen such as Arthur Curtiss James, Robert W. De Forest, F. N. Hoffstot, W. M. Kingsley, James B. Munn, George A. Plimpton. A long resolution of eulogy accompanied the letter...