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...Knute and Emil Hulquist, operators of the Chicago Theatre (burlesque), from using the title "Chicago Theatre" for his gaudy nine-year-old, $5,000,000 cinemansion. In the course of the proceedings Mr. Balaban referred to the 250-seater burlesque house as a "shooting gallery," where "females of the grosser type prevail." In defense of burlesque, gallantly replied Emil Hulquist: "There is but one difference between the type of musical entertainment known as the 'revue' or 'musical comedy and that type known as 'burlesque.' Where the female performers are younger and sometimes more beautiful...
...Lines), for which Hamburg-American will be awarded $13,688,000.* U. S. Lines now own three ships for which North German Lloyd will be compensated as follows: George Washington $3,851,000, Amerika (now America) $2,979,000, President Grant (now Republic) $2,389,000. For its Grosser Kurfurst (now City of Los Angeles of the Los Angeles Steamship Co.) the N. G. L. will receive $1,500,000 and for Princess Alice (now City of Honolulu...
...pivots, causing a faint squeak to be broadcast over the radio to all Germany by the great Koenigswusterhausen Station. Then came the triumphant clang of the clapper itself, followed by the roar of the crowds. "Deutschland! Deutschland ueber Alles!" they chanted, and then joined in the old hymn "Grosser Gott, wir loben Dich." Lifting their hands they took an oath to German unity proposed by Herr Adenauer, Ober-Burgomaster of Cologne. From President von Hindenburg at Berlin came a message which the Herr Ober-Burgomaster read amid acclaim: "At midnight the hour of freedom strikes for the first zone...
...There where the watermelon and the strawberry transform the midnight dew into luscious red juice; there where the springs gush forth that transparent and God-given fluid sparkling with purity and virtue, the only proper drink for an American citizen; but if there be those of a grosser appetite who want to violate the constitution of America, there is Bimini, only an hour or two away...
While the exhibition consists principally of drawings of members of the Faculty, several of Mr. Grosser's friends are treated in charcbal or crayon. There are also on view a number of still life studies in the nude...