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...Pullman passengers may be divided into two parts, the "nervous," the "not nervous."* For the "not nervous" Mr. Warner gives silent thanks and hastens to anticipate the imaginary wants of the "nervous." The shade down a little? Yes, Sir. Magazine from the newsboy? Yess, Madam. Drink of water? Ginger ale? Another pillow? Right away?and the more testy the request, the more cheery the service. That is professional ethics. Invariably, the "nervous" are poor tippers. But Mr. Warner and his peers are nearly certain to make up their average of $1 per capita in tips from the "not nervous...
...Arthur Detrick's communication (TIME, Feb. 7) ? His condemnation of the "vulgar sensational stories" printed in TIME is analagous to the tale told of Dr. Johnson: when complimented by a lady for omitting from his dictionary words of questionable repute, he replied "so you have been looking for them, Madam...
...private show!" He was a bachelor; for 40 years no woman crossed the threshold of his home. There is a story that once he loved the daughter of a Salem shipowner. She refused him, but later hinted that she had changed her mind. Said he: "So have I, Madam...
...each, for his idealized representations of fashionable ladies. (He had painted Consuelo, onetime Duchess of Marlborough.) He was compared with Gainsborough. His "Portrait of my Mother" looks less like Gains- borough's lacy work, however, than Whistler's calm familiar model by the same name. Only, Madam McEvoy seems not so old as Madam Whistler. In fact one feels she would take a very active hand in life, once she stopped sitting...
...James Leffel of 39 Courtland Street, their city; Philadelphians took satisfaction from the 16 double-actioned Reber families listed in their telephone book; San Francisco was complacent with six taxpayers named Renner. . . . Children quoted out of copybooks a statement they are taught to believe was first addressed to Eve: "Madam, I'm Adam...