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...Rubenstein has departed with his slaked lime, but others have come to take his place to divert the Vagabond. A great pipe organ rises in the loft of the main hall. Wires, pipes, bellows and queerly shaped pieces of wood are strewn about in ordered confusion. It seems fitting that there should be an organ here to express in music the Wagnerian scenes of Lewis Rubenstein's murals, but I fear for the effects of its vibrations upon the fragile plaster casts of mediaeval saints...
Some experts believe that the enemy would be content to smear parts of New York with mustard and Lewisite. Mustard gas is not hard to neutralize (chloride of lime) but it is hard to find and hangs on for a long time. Without protective clothing it would be dangerous for civilians to venture into the streets, and the enemy would presumably be content with the resultant paralysis of the city...
...planned at first," he said, "to present one orchid to Mr. Curley as he descended from political lime- light into obscurity, and another one if he would promise to remain in obscurity. But the pseudo-florists of Jackson Hole, N.H., ruined everything...
...only for about fourteen hours, the artist must work quickly and must plan his work carefully day by day. He must plaster only as large an area as he can complete in a single day's work. The pigment employed in the "true fresco" technique is mixed with slaked lime and water, while the retouching of the various seams made in the plaster is done in pigment mixed with yolk...
Arriving in Southampton for a surprise inspection visit to the Nahlin, King Edward watched cases of champagne, Scotch, soda, lime squash and lemon squash being carried aboard. Royal china and plate from the King's own steam yacht Victoria & Albert will be used on the Nahlin. After a brisk look around His Majesty ordered extra beds set up in the library...