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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...near the Palace in Vienna, but although she played the part many times on the stage Kathe Schratt was no Pompadour. She recognized that Der Alte Kaiser was completely bourgeois at heart. He dearly loved a good schnitzel and a flask of Muskateller, simple things that he could not enjoy at the palace. Kathe Schratt, like a good housewife, provided such homely comforts. At her little house within easy walking distance of the gates of Schonbrunn (the summer palace) the Emperor was known simply as "The Colonel." He dearly loved to come over in the evenings and argue with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: Kathe's Version | 8/17/1931 | See Source »

Danger makes life exciting. Aware of this, polo-players, who might not find it elsewhere, enjoy a spice of danger in their favorite game. But what about polo-players' wives, who understand the danger but cannot enjoy it? One such wife wrote a letter to Polo (monthly) suggesting a new rule: if a player, four minutes after a fall, is still unable to mount, he should be disqualified for the rest of the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Polo Wife | 8/17/1931 | See Source »

...passed last December. Excerpts: "The duty of a wife to obey her husband, provided in the old law, is not recognized by the new. . . . Whereas under the old law a married woman . . . could not dispose of her property without her husband's consent; under the new laws women enjoy full and unrestricted disposing capacity. . . . Concubines do not enjoy any legal status under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Wang on Divorce | 7/27/1931 | See Source »

...products, submitting them to cutters for mechanical approval. For while a good 50% of the company's business is in staples with large consumption (Lorna Doone Shortbreads, Slim Jim Pretzel Sticks, Holland Rusk, Butter Wafers, Snow Peaks) much of it goes into 500 varieties of biscuits and cookies which enjoy the public's favor briefly and are discontinued, replaced. Last year Nabisco withdrew 150 varieties, sent out a similar number of new ones. The problems involved are many in addition to those of cooking. A biscuit must be attractive in appearance so that the ultimate consumer will feel a definite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Nabisco | 7/13/1931 | See Source »

Disadvantage: it takes determination and an aptitude for strong sucking really to enjoy hubble-bubbling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Hubble-Bubble | 6/29/1931 | See Source »

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