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...STEP ON THE STAIR?Anna Katherine Green ? Dodd, Mead ($2.00). Anna Katherine Green may be considered the inventor of the detective story as we know it. She is an old woman now, but she has not lost the knack that caused her name to be for so many years practically synonymous with a certain type of mystery story. This one has all the old ingredients shaken up with all the old vigor...
...Nicholas medal of the New York Section of the American Chemical Society was awarded to Thomas Midgley, of the General Motors Research Corporation, Dayton, Ohio, for his work in reducing the detonation or " knock" in automobile engines. The inventor is 32 years old, the youngest recipient of the medal, which was established in 1903 for achievements in chemistry...
...sure, Mr. Edison denies any knowledge of Spanish or Mexican royalty in the family, but the newspaper statement, "Inventor descends in straight line from Aztec ruler," nevertheless shows him to be every inch a king...
...been placed on the market, and full-page advertisements are appearing in the newspapers. They bear a statement over Dr. Steinmetz's signature that the trucks effect a saving of from 25 to 50 per cent over gasoline and horse-drawn vehicles, and a picture of the inventor-perfecto in mouth-covering a quarter of the page...
...Edison's famous inquisition has had time to be forgotten; but a New York newspaper revives it by advising the inventor how he should quiz the applicants for his Literary Department. The new questionnaire is a match for any mid-years. Passing over in bewilderment such queries as "Who drinks the porter in Macbeth?" "Who wrote the famous poker scene in which Pippa passes?" and "When did A. H. Woods produce "Getting Goethe's Garter'?" the student will pause at number thirteen. For once the ancient hoodoo reems to be broken; here is a question for which he can hope...