Word: discreeter
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Plumpish Dr. George Wehnes Calver, official attending physician to the U. S. Senate and House of Representatives, talked very small last week. Friends in both chambers spoke to him affectionately: "It is a low-down mean shame. . . ." But Dr. Calver is too discreet a man to discuss the upping of his rank and pay while the matter is in hot dispute. He begged leave to say not a word on the subject and retired to the two small, photograph-decked rooms under the Capitol's dome which constitute his office, examining room and dispensary. Dr. Calver draws...
...popped into the office before most Japanese militarists realized what was brewing. Conspirators Saito and Saionjii knew that fundamentally Minister Hirota is as ardent a nationalist as any Black Dragon could wish, but they hoped & prayed that his long service in the diplomatic corps would make him more discreet and softspoken. Minister Hirota's method of being discreet and soft-spoken while carrying on Japan's policy of expansion is to supply the words and let anonymous spokesmen voice them. Last week excitable Tokyo papers were demanding the resignation of his best-known, obedient Eiji Amau...
...public a chance to view intimately the trappings of private wealth. Both these attractions were powerfully present last week in Manhattan when Knoedler Galleries opened what many critics considered the peak of the season's shows-a loan exhibit of Goya paintings. The pictures came from the discreet walls of Andrew William Mellon, Harrison Williams, Oscar B. Cintas (American Car & Foundry), Eugene G. Grace, Edward S. Harkness, J. Watson Webb. Mr. & Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson (Joan Whitney) sent their Don Vincente Osorio, Count of Trastamara as a Child from their huge living room in Manhasset. Jules Bache lent...
Well aware of these practices, Episcopal churchmen have mostly maintained a discreet silence. One who spoke out bitterly last week was 33-year-old Rev. C. Leslie ("Les") Glenn of famed old Christ Church, Cambridge, son-in-law of wealthy Harper Sibley, who sits on the potent Episcopal National Council. Cried Rector Glenn...
Trying not to gawp, a well mannered crowd at the British Industries Fair in London last week followed a distinguished party of visitors at a discreet distance. Hat in hand, bulky Lord Derby led the way. Behind him came the Duchess of York. A fashion show was in progress. Well knowing Queen Mary's aversion to bare legs on tennis courts, one manikin in flannel shorts and grasping a racket trembled and turned very red. The Duchess of York saved the day. "I think they are very practical," said she to Lord Derby...