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Before the Illinois work was finished, the Federal Government asked Dr. Hamilton to do a similar job. This kept her roving through mine, mill and smelter for a dozen years. She combatted the effects of such anciently known poisons as mercury, used by hatters in matting felt and a frequent cause of brain damage (hence, some say, the expression "mad as a hatter"). And she fought ultramodern lethal concoctions-TNT, aniline dyes, picric acid, which stained its workers so yellow that they were dubbed "canaries." She campaigned for ventilation, antitoxic rinses, safeguards of all kinds...
...Kickshaws. Jacob Hutter was a 16th century hatter. In 1533, in Moravia, he organized a group of Christians dedicated to following their conception of New Testament Christianity. They lived in what they called Bruderhof, possessing all property in common, withdrawn as far as possible from the world and all its earthly practices and vanities-neither voting, nor holding office, nor bearing arms, nor wearing gaudy clothing. As with so many severely odd Christian offshoots, the Hutterites soon found themselves hounded and on the move. In the 18th century they emigrated to Russia, in the 19th...
This book, well made, clearly printed, and fitting the hand easily, is written to join the several other Cronin novels (Hatter's Castle, The Citadel, Keys of the Kingdom) high up on the bestseller lists. In an accompanying blurb, Cronin declares that of all his novels "this book, more than any other, was written from the heart...
...while Cortright made a most dauntless limey sailor. At times the latter was slightly unconvincing, but his singing and a fine first act dance made up for any acting deficiency. Miss Petersen never could make up her mind what man she should marry and Loomis was mad as a hatter. Victor Altschul, Chester Hartman, and Alison Keith all added convincing Gilbert and Sullivan acting techniques to the production. Musical arrangements by pianist Richard Friedberg were superb...
...perfume of exhaust fumes . . . sweeter to me than the headiest essences of the flower fields of France." Few of the natives shared this preference for exhaust fumes, so Lilly was obliged to go to work cultivating the headier essences, and is now a rich, renowned and happily married hatter-"Lilly Dache from 9 to 5 and Mrs. [Jean] Despres from 5 to 9." Both personalities have contributed to this book, e.g., the chapter on hats is by Lilly, the pages on how to force a husband to wear a pink tuxedo...