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...battle commander in World War I; a star-studded Victory Medal; a parti-colored array of ribbons showing service in China, Cuba, the Philippines and other odd corners of the earth where Marines served and fought while the world was technically at peace; the gold and enamel medal of the distinguished marksman...
...Barretts of Wimpole Street have enamel bathtubs? Did Dr. Johnson ever use a flush toilet or have any idea of a sanitary latrine? Did Charles Dickens ever hear a radio? Did Goethe ever handle a camera? . . . Did Charles Lamb ever see Ginger Rogers or use a plastic toothbrush? Did Wordsworth ever cross in the Hudson Tunnel or drive on the Merritt Parkway? . . . Why must we be the mirror to the universe? Where are the standards? The invalid assumptions must fall away, and some common standard for all humanity must be rediscovered...
...covered by part of Dr. Lascoff's collection of herbal prescription jars, bottles, mortars and pestles, some of which date back to alchemists of the Middle Ages. A tiny gallery is lined with cabinets of rare drugs, books and neatly arranged antique scales and measures. Behind two neat enamel benches there begins the largest drugstore library in the U.S. The 1,000-odd volumes are in many languages...
Authorized by Act of Congress last July the newest U.S. medal is "a five-pointed American star, of heraldic form, in red and white enamel, centered with a constellation of the 13 original stars on a blue enameled field breaking through a circle of clouds." The Legion of Merit is a sort of junior Distinguished Service Medal for noncombatants whose qualifications are "extraordinary fidelity and essential service," but whose duties do not carry the "great responsibility" required of those eligible for the D.S.M...
...From petroleum gases, Shell Chemical Co. has synthesized an organic material (diallyl-phthalate) which forms a transparent protective film on metal, can also be prepared as a thicker enamel. It resists heat up to 500° F., hence meets the canner's long-felt need for an organic coating that will survive cooking temperatures...