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Chicago schoolchildren are now able to look a gift cow in the mouth, or any other portion. Last week Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, famed Illinois Congresswoman, took a pure-bred cow from her farm and presented it to the Chicago Zoo. Said Director Alfred E. Parker: "It's for the kids who have never seen one. Thousands . . . have seen a rhinoceros and a giraffe, but have never seen...
Following the precedent of Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick who borrowed $11,000,000 by issuing notes against stocks held in trust (TIME, July 1), last week Mrs. Matilda R. Wilson, widow of Motor-maker John F. Dodge, offered through her bankers $3,000,000 worth of certificates at 6% interest in a collateral trust of municipal bonds...
Chief difference between the McCormick and Wilson plans is that Heiress McCormick borrowed at 6% against stocks that might rise and offset interest charges, while Heiress Wilson borrowed at 6% against collateral that probably yields no more than 5%. The reason generally suspected to be in back of the Wilson move is that her collateral probably consists mostly of bonds that have no ready market. As the certificates are outstanding until 1932 and the collateral does not have to remain fixed, Heiress Wilson can therefore gradually sell her municipals as a market for them appears; meanwhile...
...Chicago, the Woman's Symphony Orchestra gave its first concert in memory of Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, wife of the famed Chicago philanthropist. In the spring, shortly before her death, Mrs. Rosenwald (with Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, Mrs. Ernest R. Graham, Mrs. Charles H. Swift and others) gave $1,000 toward the orchestra's upkeep. Under Conductor Ebba Sundstrom, the orchestra played its thanks. Katherine Witwer, Gary, Ind., girl, sang...
...instance you would indicate the McCormick house as follows: "Here's where Edith McCormick entatains drammer enthusiasts of the hinterland...