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Bigger than a lion, the young liger reveals the characteristic proportions of a tiger. He wears his father's khaki coat, adorned by faint tiger-stripes. He flatters his father by wearing a beard and favors his mother by his ears. His mane, however, is "like a donkey...
...Manhattan, the Pilgrims of the United States gave a dinner to Sir Auckland Geddes, retiring British Ambassador to the U. S. In a setting of Stars and Stripes, Union Jacks, Army khaki, Navy blue, Diplomatic scarlet, Chauncey M. Depew, President of the Pilgrims of the United States, rose to pay tribute to the excellent character, the "rare qualifications," the remarkable career and the great administrative ability of the British Ambassador. In particular, did he stress the part played by the Ambassador during the Washington Conference and in settling the British war debt...
...past Mr. Tilden has been known chiefly as a writer of business stories, which you will remember in The Saturday Evening Post and elsewhere. His one other novel, Khaki, appearing at the close of the War, was badly timed and made little impression. Mr. Podd is the story of a millionaire who starts an ideal Government on an island all his own. Naturally, one's first question to Mr. Tilden is: "Mr. Podd is Henry Ford?" To which he replies: "Mr. Podd is not a caricature of Ford, though the Peace Ship escapade had a lot to do with...
Recently Army officers were sent questionnaires by the War Department to determine their preference in uniforms. Would they like roll collars instead of the present standing collars? Would they like the reestablishment of dress uniforms in addition to the khaki and olive drab field uniforms which alone are authorized...
...Arts and Sciences. He graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut last year and was studying philosophy in the University as a holder of the Henry A. Terry Fellowship. He is five feet ten inches in height and weighs 140 pounds. He is believed to be wearing blue serge trousers, khaki shirt, and white tennis shoes. His hair is medium brown and is parted in the middle...