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Edda, Countess Ciano once swam two miles out to a warship her father was about to inspect, climbed aboard and made for the Dictator in the guise of a dripping mermaid. For this unseemly conduct she at once received a vigorous verbal dressing-down. High-spirited Edda promptly did a...
Strong objection to cremation on religious grounds comes from Orthodox Jews. The Roman Catholic Church also objects to cremation. Protestant denominations generally do not object. The Unitarian Church, however, is the only one which positively approves. Reads its new service book: "The growing practice of cremation is to be commended...
Achievement of such hefty circulation in a specialized field was a story of expert magazine promotion. From the start Publisher Hecht gave his magazine quasi-official status by allying it with Columbia University's Teachers College, with Yale, with the Universities of Iowa and Minnesota. A platoon of "advisory...
To the common stockholders' committee of Philadelphia's great Baldwin Locomotive Works Showman Brady sent a letter on behalf of "William A. Brady & Brady Enterprises," refusing assent to the re-organization plan for which, since last spring, Baldwin has been soliciting stockholders' approval. Owner of 2,300...
No love at all have producers for this innovation. They object to speculators interfering in the orderly marketing of their product, perhaps some day dumping their holdings and breaking the price. Another objection from the producers' standpoint is the fact that if any considerable quantity of platinum were held...