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Died. Ethel S. Sanford, wife of John Sanford, famed carpet manufacturer, horse owner; at Brookville, L. I. She was several times hostess to the Prince of Wales on his recent visit. On Sept. 28, while she sat with a notable company at dinner in her house, her jewel box was robbed of $50,000 worth of jewels...
...week, a book called Through Thirty Years appeared in England, written by Henry Wickham Steed, one-time editor of The Times. Foreign correspondents of U. S. journals speedily buried their noses in its pages, seeking some illuminative reminiscence that would justify a cable home. Speedily the correspondents found a jewel...
...Ross-he was the culprit; wild Tom Ross, gallant Tom Ross, "the last of the bad men." A man as lean as a knife, with narrow lips, wide cheekbones and a jewel in his eye, he shot those who insulted him with laudable courtesy. The cattle inspectors, for instance. They had been so ill-advised as to report some piracies-of his. He went to their hotel, shot them. He was oppressed at his trial, which lasted over a month, as one forced to endure a protracted breach of good taste. When the sentence was read, he commiserated the jury...
...Having caddied and coached the Champion to victory last Fall, Joe could not bear to miss her performance this year and had traveled to Providence "on his own" to be at her side. Well above the voting age, shrewd as any Irishman, Joe is a rare jewel among caddies...
...book by ex-Premier Herbert H. Asquith is like a jewel bought at Tiffany's ?you know it is good before you take a look at it. Thus it is with this book of essays which includes subjects as diverse as Reading and Writing and The Past Crusade...