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...desert's edge. Shaikh Salih went ahead to organize a relay, prepare the desert ways. So well did he prepare them that the final dash through enemies' territory passed without hitch or hobble from hostile tribes. On his way Explorer Thomas busied himself with collecting flora, fauna, Arab chants, cephalic measurements of different tribes, superb photographs of the desert and its denizens. Though he embroiders his narrative with tales of the desert and its lore, the author's thoughts, like his camels, found food scanty in the sands. Written in a style reminiscent of Charles M. Doughty...
...Hersey, Long Meadow, E. H. Hickey, Boston, J. W. Higgins, Jr., Medford, S. Horvits, New Bedford, H. H. Hoskin, Glencoe, Ill., E. S. Hurwitt, Brookline, E. L. Johnson, Cogswell, N. Dakota, B. G. Jordan, Montgomery, Ala., E. Lieberman, Salt Lake City, Utah, J. R. Lourie, Boston, K. W. McMahan, Flora, Ill., I. H. Magnet, Boston, K. L. Meinke, Meridan, Conn., F. J. Murphy, Danbury, Conn., G. M. Noss, Dorchester, H. I. Orentlicher, Brockton, I. Paisner, Brookline, R. C. Plamer, Belmont, A. S. Pierce, Huntington, R. H. Prew, Nashua, N. H., E. C. Rae, New Canann, Conn., J. A. Redshaw, Munhall...
...faced man with the scraggly hair. Composer Nevin was only 38 when he died. He left Manhattan because of an acute nervous condition, went to New Haven to be near his son Paul (now in the yacht business), then a student at a nearby military academy. One neighbor, a Flora Calhoun, recalled that as he sat at the piano he always kept a flower, usually a single narcissus, before him. "Narcissus" is the name of Nevin's most popular piano composition...
...first time since the Germanic Museum has been open to the public, the large tile tank in the northern court of the building will be filled, and provided with fauna and flora in the form of large, "pond-size" goldfish, and Japanese water-lilies. The announcement, which was made yesterday, indicated that the operation would be completed within the week. The lilies and a dozen fish have been ordered through the University Maintenance Department from a New England conservatory, while an anonymous donor has given four additional goldfish. The latter are peculiar in that they must be given a private...
...purposes are to explore the Arctic Ocean floor, to study Arctic currents, temperatures, flora & fauna, to make meteorological observations, to search for an island or stationary ice floe where a weather station might be built, and to thrill Hearstpaper readers. He has radio receiving and sending equipment in the ship, will steadily report the minutiae of his progress, just as the world cruise of Dr. Hugo Eckener's* Graf Zeppelin were reported by him. Lady Grace Drummond Hay and Karl von Wiegand...