Word: fairly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...arbiter of Federal patronage for the State. Said he in a statement last month: "As you know. I am probably closest by blood and affection to the man who makes the appointments. I have an interest in knowing that the men who are appointed will measure up to a fair standard of loyalty to the President...
...notable side attraction at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 was the Parliament of Religions, gotten up by the Rev. John Henry Barrows of Chicago. Opened with a prayer by the late great James Cardinal Gibbons, the Parliament brought to the U. S. for the first time such exotic foreign religionists as the Swami Vivekananda. To the U. S. popular mind it gave the first smatterings of an esoteric subject, Comparative Religions, and the first inklings that Oriental faiths, after all, had their points...
...Pierpont Morgan, the world banker, whose hobby, my little readers, is gardening but who also loves midgets, money and other 'm' words, like muchness." Thus did Vanity Fair in its current number dedicate "Vanity Fair's Own Paper Dolls," a new one-page feature. In the centre of the page was a drawing of Mr. Morgan in underclothes (see cut). In the four corners were costume patterns to fit Mr. Morgan's moods. One was a tattered brown suit, patched with green and purple, which hung loosely on a headless figure holding in his hands...
Four days after the Tribune's splurge. 40 trainloads of Texans celebrated Texas Day at the Fair and attended a Texan production of Aida in Soldier Field. Like the Festival, the production of Aida also had an angel. Texas newspapers reported that it was music-loving Banker Melvin Alvah Traylor, who acquired his first banking job and his wife in Texas. But Banker Traylor denied this, did not attend the performance (he was out of town). Real sponsor of the production was wealthy Mrs. John Wesley Graham, head of the Texas Music Teachers Association. Said she: "I expect...
Officials announced that two national groups would present the next musical festivals at the Fair: the Welsh "Gymanfa Ganu" Sept. 2-4; a ballet from Prague, Czechoslovakia later in the month...