Word: infantes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Morganthau, returning to the U. S. from relief work abroad, Greece, oldest and youngest republic in the world, offered to loan the U. S. "for any length of time the Government may desire it," the most beautiful statue bequeathed to her by antiquity. The statue is Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus, the chef d'oeuvre of Praxiteles, famed Greek sculptor of the 4th Century...
...Montgolfier brothers made its first man-carrying flight from the gardens of the Tuileries in the presence of Louis XVI of France and of Benjamin Franklin. When Franklin, foremost scientist of the day, was asked what use the balloon was, he cautiously countered: "Of what use is a newborn infant?" And the balloon has indeed been the precursor of many mighty dirigibles. Per se its utility is small. Kite balloons, a variant ol the spherical balloons used for sporting purposes, are useful as observation posts for Army and Navy operations alike, and spherical balloons may serve to form a barrage...
...doing a Julian Eltinge in girl's clothes. But his inimitable naturalness and naivete are being crowded out by stereotyped gestures and muggings, such as no small 'boy does except at an amateur entertainment. Jackie is now at the difficult age when he is too big for infant roles, and too pocket-size for adult parts. Booth Tarkington should come to his rescue...
Born. To Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Cushing, III (Cathleen Vanderbilt) a son; in Manhattan. Mrs. Cushing is the daughter of Reginald Vanderbilt,* aged 48. Said Cholly Knickerbocker, Hearst's "Society Editor": "The infant will 20 years hence dance about at the same débutante parties with his auntie." Said Débutante, Society Editor for the Daily News, Manhattan gum-chewers' sheetlet: "Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt, not yet 20, is the youngest grandmother in Society...
Then in 1919-1921, the four big companies entered into cross-licensing agreements which had the effect of dividing up the infant radio business, soon destined to rival the automobile and cinema industries, and of shutting off potential competition. The A. T. & T. (controlling the common stock of the Western Electric) acquired the exclusive right to sell broadcasting transmission sets. The Radio Corporation got the right to operate trans-Atlantic radio stations and ship-to-shore communication, and to sell amateur receiving apparatus. The General Electric and the Westinghouse got the plum of manufacturing amateur receiving apparatus, 60% going...