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...Cuba during the Spanish War. He sat on the board of inquiry which failed to discover why the Maine sank. During the War he commanded all U. S. subchasers in European waters. He married his cousin, is childless. Ashore he putters around a flower garden, smacks over a dish of boned shad, keeps a voluminous scrap book. Afloat he is a strict but just disciplinarian. He talks in a low, melodious drawl, never raising his voice to match his temper. Slim of stature, smiling of face, he gets his nickname from his sandy red hair, his apple cheeks. He believes...
...because of any journalistic ambition, but because they sought an instrument for power, Bonfils & Tammen bought the doddering Post for $12,500, imported Hearstlings, doctors of yellow journalism, to rake the town for scandal, dish it up in dripping, juicy gobs. As it had for Hearst, the formula worked richly for Gambler Bonfils & Bartender Tammen...
...only near solution to the problem is that discovered by Detroit. There some philanthropist has established a "Penny Cafeteria," a restaurant which sells food at the price of one cent a dish. The place is clean and respectable, and it differs from soup kitchen in that those who patronize it suffer no more in morale than the patrons of the Georgian restaurant or the University dining halls. Detroiters may buy in the downtown stores tokens designed for sidewalk charity, worth a cent each at the "Penny Cafeteria," but honored as currency nowhere else. Thus the casual passerby is assured that...
Once, for a pal in the R. A. F., Shaw filled in this personal report: "Favorite color: scarlet. Favorite dish: bread & water. Favorite musician: Mozart. Favorite author: Wm. Morris. Favorite character in history: Nil. Favorite place: London. Greatest pleasure: sleep. Greatest pain: noise. Greatest fear: animal spirits. Greatest wish: to be forgotten of my friends...
...much calcium from its mother. she must replenish her supply by eating calcium-bearing foods. Otherwise her teeth may decay, her bones ache, her resistance to disease decline. Thus calcium (lime) is the mineral which cooks must closely watch. For most people it is more important than a dish of blood-renewing liver...