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...there is such a thing as the Society of St. Tammany, founded in Revolutionary times by a New York upholsterer named William Mooney to give the bourgeoisie a club comparable to the aristocratic Society of the Cincinnati, to which only New York's fine families belonged. An Indian patron-saint and Indian rigmarole were adopted as a protest against Toryism. The objects of the Society were and have been benevolent-making immigrants comfortable, for example. The activities of the members were and have been political. After comforting immigrants, one can enfranchise them and show them how to vote...
...George was the Patron Saint of England, St. Andrew of Scotland and everyone knows about St. Patrick. When a flag for the United Kingdom was desired the three crosses peculiar to the three saints were ingeniously superimposed, forming the famed British "Union Jack." Last week this same tried and tested formula of superimposition was carried to its ultimate conclusion with the unfurling of a new flag for that British Dominion called the Union of South Africa...
...dead man thus honored was Dr. Felix Deutsch, 70, President of the Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (General Electric Company) famed as the A. E. G. Smart U. S. citizens knew Dr. Deutsch as the brother-in-law of Manhattan Banker-Art Patron Otto Hermann Kahn...
Because Prince Tokugawa's philanthropy is greater even than his great wealth the grounds and exteriors of his numerous palaces are habitually in disrepair, but within all is sumptuous, as befits the great patron of the arts who founded Japan's first symphony orchestra...
...Latin countries, boys are named for a patron saint and celebrate that saint's day as other boys celebrate birthdays. Therefore, the boy who was Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti and who is now the 71-year old Pope, chose the day of Achilles the Martyr (May 12) for the issuance of his fervent encyclical...