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...Napoleon's library, even to the three throne chairs. Looking down from the wall was a large portrait of the stern-mouthed Emperor. When in 1919 Mr. Woolworth was on his deathbed, he was pleased to know that there was a capable man to succeed him: Hubert Templeton Parson, with the company since 1892. And he would have been more pleased if he could have known that when Mr. Parson moved into the Napoleonic office he was going to take down the Emperor's picture, substitute one of the proud-eyed Founder...
President Parson, 58, fits well in the fancy office. He prides himself on keeping his desk clean, never appearing busy. He has taste. He likes the opera and dis likes tobacco. In both his $1,000,000 Long Branch, N. J. home and his $1,200,000 Paris residence are pipe-organs, tapestries. A link between Mr. Parson and the Founder is Charles Sumner Woolworth, 74, now chairman of the company his brother founded. He lives in Scranton, is seldom in Manhattan except for board meetings...
...Corpse in the Constable's Garden" is a story frankly intended for those who like their crime in easy doses with sugar and water. Country parsons, irate squires, several drab daughters, and a handful of good-natured college lads make up the personnel. There is only one death, which is rather late in coming, and most of the 295 pages are given to the narration of family scandals, repressed emotions, and a few glimpses of what a parson's past...
With most of his friends, Oscar Wilde in particular, Parson Will was more gentle. Sympathetically he reports Oscar's attempts to reform after his release from jail; the loyalty of his great friend and literary executor, Robert ("Robbie") Ross; Wilde's gratitude at the public reception of The Ballad of Reading Gaol...
...jealousy with interest, but made the mistake of despising her rival. By a clever ruse Emily substituted herself for Amy at the wedding (they were about the same height and coloring) and to Mr. Fatigay's horror he discovered he was married to a chimpanzee! The parson would do nothing about it. Mr. Fatigay rushed off to go to the dogs; Amy showed herself in true and unattractive colors; Emily, despairing but practical, went on the stage as a dancer. Mr. Fatigay dropped lower and lower; Emily made a fortune. One day they met again, and Emily was able...