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...Passenger express trains run twice a week between Moscow and Vladivostok. The trip takes ten days. First class one-day fare (sleeper and diner) is about $300. Passengers from Moscow to China change at Manchouli to the Chinese Eastern which carries them to Changchun, capital of Manchukuo, where they take the South Manchuria or Peiping-Mukden line...
...names spelled wrong in the newspapers." Like his good friend Ulysses Simpson Grant a failure in civil life. William Tecumseh Sherman thrived on civil war. Like the old soldier in the song, he "simply faded away" (it took him 25 years) into the most sought-after speaker and diner-out of his generation...
...Dall, a chef and two porters. In the three Pullmans ahead were Milton Maclntyre, the Governor's press repre sentative. Columbia's Professor Raymond Moley, head of the "brain trust" which supplies the Governor with economic data, advises him on speeches. 24 newshawks and twelve cameramen. Forward of a diner and a club car, a baggage car had been fixed up as a press room with the ever-present mimeograph. At Salt Lake City, Democratic National Chairman Farley will board the train for the rest of the trip...
...been white-haired since he was 16), Cartoonist Hershfield looks and acts in every way the opposite of "Abie." Exceedingly popular, he claims to know more persons in Manhattan than anyone else not in public life. He has been photographed with eight prizefight champions, is an accomplished diner out, is in perpetual demand as a toastmaster. Also he is a practical joker. He it was who, looking from his apartment window, once saw a woman in an apartment across the street disporting herself with a male caller. Spying the woman's name on a modiste's advertisement card...
...whereby students may appear casually to dine with friends without feeling that they are imposing. The authorities have indicated that some modification of the rules, enabling a student to sign his own name on a table check at another House, is feasible. In order to insure that a nonresident diner is not abusing the privileges of inter-House hospitality the count er-signature of his check by another member of the House might well be required. The financial relief for students who frequently entertain friends from other Houses is undeniable and would be welcome. The great freedom of social contact...