Word: goldsmiths
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...buying spree on vests. According to latest Army ordinance reports frontline troops are wearing light but fantastically strong vests which are reported to be almost bulletproof.Frederick Gooding Jr., Charles E. Zeltin, and Robert T. Root. Models: Lois L. Ebelling '54, Betsy Ross '55, Rence Micheison '53, Mary Anne Goldsmith '55.Vests are both popular and practical. The headless gentleman in the picture wears his vest for Vanity's sake, but vest pockets are imminently useful for holding pencils, tickets, combs, thumbs and small flasks. Fat men and chilly men find vests vital to their wardrobes...
Fluid Capital. In Memphis, Goldsmith's Department Store accepted a check drawn on the "East Bank of the Mississippi...
...time of trouble can be handily tucked away while heavy ingots would be conspicuous, fetches more money than bulk gold. In postwar Europe, hoarders have willingly paid 20% more than the price of bulk gold for old coins (French napoleons, British sovereigns, U.S. double eagles). Many a European goldsmith and even a few enterprising governments have taken advantage of this fact to make an easy buck. In recent months, the Austrian government has minted golden ducats dating from the reign of Franz Joseph I for the benefit of hoarders willing to pay the price...
There had never been an age without fine Irish writers, but almost to a man-Sheridan, Goldsmith, Wilde, Shaw-they had crossed the sea to pass their lives laughing prosperously at England rather than weeping insolvency for Ireland. In the 1880s, when William Butler Yeats first twanged his lyre, the world was understandably startled; it was almost like finding a Goethe in a peat croft. But for the next 50 years Ireland kept passing out literary surprises, for first-rate writers came along as fast as poteen at a christening: Russell, Synge, Gogarty, O'Casey, Joyce, O'Flaherty...
Gold for the Rich. Rudier learned his delicate touch as a boy. His father was a Paris goldsmith who taught him to cast elaborate table pieces for the rich. Rudier wanted a wider medium. At 19, he set up shop for himself and began casting statues in bronze. Soon he had a small but devoted following-and an introduction to the great Auguste Rodin...