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...Republican convention in Montpelier last week, traditions toppled like tenpins. First, the 921 delegates repudiated the pro-Taft old guard by a 3-1 majority and elected twelve Eisenhower men to go to Chicago. Then they formally instructed the delegation to vote for Ike-a break with the custom of sending officially uncommitted delegations. Finally, they chose Eisenhower's state campaign manager-Edward G. Janeway, a onetime Wall Street broker-as Vermont's national committeeman. It was the first time in memory that the job did not go to a lifetime Vermonter...
...bottle, including taxes and duties. Glenlivet's Smith Grant has never advertised in the U.S., thinks that U.S. drinking habits are against a big market for his whisky. Like most Scotsmen, who say that straight Glenlivet "goes down singing hymns," he is horrified at the U.S. custom of drowning Scotch in water or soda, gulping it down iced...
...Dominion is a "still-picture of Britain in 1874," Griawold said, where tea is served seven times a day and nobody heats his house in the winter even though there is plenty of fuel, just because this is the custom in England...
...seniors, according to a Waban custom, must roll their hoops over a course a quarter of a mile long; the winner being the one most likely to marry first. Though somewhat tamer than the Indian ritual, the Wellesley version is very similar...
Conventionality and custom triumph, however, where golfing clothes are concerned. The ever familiar shirtwaist, the tallored skirt, will appear regularly on the greens because the smartness and freedom of movement allowed in its styling have yet to be improved upon...