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...Suave, cultured, fond of clothes and horse-racing, Promoter Rice has long been the prime U. S. schemer. His latest efforts were centered in Boston where he ran the "Boston Curb," dealing in his own stocks, most famed of which were Idaho Copper and Columbia Emerald. Through his "financial" paper, The Iconoclast, he kept in touch with gullible yokels, advising them of activities within the companies and upon the "Curb." Faith-provoking methods of the Iconoclast were constant attacks upon margin trading, advice to buy sound New York Stock Exchange securities, instructions that widows and near-paupers keep their funds...
Departure. Lady Drummond Hay: "We passed from a symphony of silver to golden glory as the lights of New York City scattered themselves beneath us like grains of golden Stardust, tracing patterns strange and fantastic, set with the jewelled brilliancy of ruby, emerald and topaz electric signs...
Successful journalistic writing of the present time must be brief and to the point if it is to command any readers. The Daily Emerald of the University of Oregon in order to comply with this rule has abolished its editorial column, substituting letters from the student body on subjects of general university interest. As a result, any excess verbiage with which the editorial writers might have loaded the paper has been replaced by concise remarks of the individual student...
Recently the editorial page of the University of Oregon Emerald revived a controversy which is being increasingly discussed by younger generations; namely, the "dutch treat date". After citing the cases of several collegiate dances, to which all the guests had been pledged to attend as "stags", and which had invariably turned out to be dismal failures, the editors of the Emerald proceed to declare their opposition to the idea. In thus recording their disfavor of the "dutch treat date" they were probably expressing the opinion of the majority of present day college students...
Many magnificent and historic individual gems still survive. Black, Starr & Frost has an emerald presumably from the Russian Crown collection. Tiffany recently acquired a ruby considered the finest it ever owned. Last week, Queen Mary of England attended the opening of Parliament wearing the Cullinan diamond, largest in the world, estimated to be worth...