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Princess Louise, widow of the Duke of Argyll married that Scottish peer when he was Marquis of Lome, accompanied him to Canada when he was made Governor-General of this Dominion, and presided graciously over Rideau Hall at Ottawa for some years.
City Hall. One of the finest examples of 18th Century architecture in the U. S., New York's frequently neglected city hall can hold its own with anything in Boston, Philadelphia, Charleston. It contains antique furniture and historical portraits of great importance. Prize: Telegraph Inventor Samuel F. B. Morse...
As adapted by A. E. Thomas from a Don Marquis play, Good Old Soak is a minor vehicle for Actor Beery's Piltdown pathos and the efforts of a supporting cast which somehow seem even below MGM's post-Thalberg standard. Typical shot: Beery rubbing his nose.
DENMARK: KINGDOM OF REASON-Ag-nes Rothery-Viking ($3). Attractively written, microscopic guide to "the oldest kingdom in the world . . . also one of the wisest and happiest." Like Marquis W. Childs (Sweden: The Middle Way), Author Rothery credits near-miracles to Scandinavian cooperatives, but unlike him, thinks they operate on...
A good scare was thrown into U. S. retailers last summer when the New Deal manifested a sudden interest in the broad subject of consumer cooperatives. An outright endorsement of the co-op movement was actually drafted for the Democratic platform, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace was plugging the idea in...