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...proper kind of publicity. It hasn't lent itself to the copy-starved portables of reporters with the same excitement which war can marshal. It is essentially a tranquil, home-loving, field and stream, house and garden sort of condition. It has never had such valuable props in its kit as patriotism, heroism, bright ribbony medals, brass bands, and the devoted support of the ladies...
...most appealing smiles on the U. S. boards. Her eyes are as heavy-lidded as Tallulah Bankhead's. not from cinematographic languor but from a ceaseless brooding contemplation. She now wears her dark, slightly wavy hair shoulder length and behind her ears. Her friends call her "Kit." She is precious in the care of her voice, does not like to talk before a performance. Before and after all, she is an actress. She is intelligent, not intellectual. "To act." says she. "you have to burst out spontaneously and feel constantly and deeply. So if you're too accustomed to using...
Luxury-loving Inventor Guglielmo Marconi left Rome for London last week with an ultra-short-wave radio kit in his baggage, a query in his mind, and the intention of showing his British scientific friends his latest refinement of radio...
...kit is virtually a duplicate of the set which Inventor Marconi, who is a Papal Marchese as well as an Italian Senator, gave to the Pope. His Holiness now can radio-talk directly with his recently renovated summer home at Castel Gandolfo 14 miles away, and no one can listen in. Cost of operating the equipment is no more than the cost of keeping a 30-watt incandescent bulb alight...
Woman's Shaving Tackle. Not forgetting its pedestrian readers the Guardian reported: "The most striking exhibit, from the hiker's point of view, is an 'ultra-lightweight week-end kit,' comprising rucksack, sleeping-bag, tent, a four-peg coat-hanger, a petrol-stove, frypan, water-bucket, a plate, cup, receptacles for food and drink, knife, spoon and fork, and electric torch, a pair of shoes, a tent pole, swimming suit, complete change of clothes, towels, soap, facecloth, shaving tackle, and toothbrush, the whole weighing slightly over ten and a half pounds...