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...elevator is sometimes called Aufzug (Uptrain) in Germany, more often Fahrsthl (Travel-chair), but whatever it is called, it is always exclusive. Apartment house elevators are few and far between. Service elevators are unknown. Such lifts as there are are proudly marked "Nur für Herrschaften"-"For Gentry Only!" It is always understood, and generally written in the lease, that no messengers, delivery boys, or servants may ride in the lift except when the servant is accompanied by the employer or the employer's dog, cat, etc. That has been the rule, but last week...
...Minister of Religious Affairs; Seyid Bey, Minister of Justice; General Kiazim Pasha, Minister of National Defence; General Ismet Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Sefa Bey, Minister of Education; Hassan Fehmi Bey, Minister of Finance; Mahmud Essad Bey, Minister of National Economy; Feyzi Bey, Minister of Public Works; Dr. Riza Nur Bey, Minister of Health; Marshal Fevzi Pasha, Chief of the General Staff...
...Germans have a folk-proverb whose meaning is simple enough: "Morgen, morgen, nur nicht heute Sagen immer faule leute." Shall we be those idle people who trust to the morrow for shouldering the burdens of today? Today's burden is to be present at Sanders Theatre...
...Nur ein Traum...
...said. When art reaches such a height as that which Mr. D'Albert has attained, the most spontaneous and consequently the noblest thing which it calls forth is silence. During the evening he rendered a Concerto by Chopin, a Barcarolle by Rubinstein, and a valse, "Man Lebt nur Einmal," Strauss Tausig...