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...house is entered through the living room (16 ft. by 12 ft.). The walls are papered in parchment, stenciled over with oil paint which can be washed with soap & water. Set in the wall is an electric clock and beneath it a radio. Off the living room are two bedrooms, small but well planned, with comparatively ample closet space. All rooms are air-conditioned. The bathroom is equipped with wall-hung toilet and wash basin which simplify housecleaning. The basin is big enough to bathe a baby in. Over the toilet is a cabinet with such books as Getting...
...downtown Manhattan tenement, police found the dead body of John Telga, longtime porter at the Bankers' Club, bankbooks showing deposits of $23,500, a cheap bureau full of expensive linen, a parchment coat of arms. All the gas jets were open but no gas issued. Then someone noticed a note under the door: "Your gas has been shut...
...Debussy, a big, bearded man with a huge bulging forehead, used rare perfumes, drank expensive wines, had his music published on hand-made parchment...
...more curious contributions are several napkin rings, a white silk necktie which was worn at the commencement of 1862, and a diploma which was put in a safe when the Chicago fire threatened the house and which was subjected to such intense heat that the 10 by 17 parchment shrunk to about 5 by 7 without making the inscription illegible. Some of the menus for class banquets show 13 kinds of game on the menu beside the main course of roast turkey...
...points, that Germany will not agree to abide by her present frontiers. He will now return to his original program of an Eastern Pact signed by Germany's neighbors, plus Russia and, if possible, Italy. In such a chain of alliance, not in Germany's pledge on parchment however fine, Louis Barthou would prefer to put his trust. "The solemn promise of Germany," he has said, "is not enough for me." Last week he announced that next month he expects to confer with Benito Mussolini in Rome, seeking Italy's signature for his ring around Germany...