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...accountant. It had been used by the Mayor as a repository for papers relating to one law case. To him Fugitive Sherwood was simply an unpaid secretary who took money (between $800 and $1,000 a month) to Mayor Walker's widowed sister, paid the expenses of plump Mrs. Walker's yacht (the Mary W.), tended financial odd jobs...
...Plump Queen Wilhelmina beamed, so did the plump Prince Consort. Comfortable Princess Juliana went out to inspect the new villages near Wieringen and thousands of Dutch trippers on hundreds of excursion boats yelled themselves hoarse. But at Volendam and Marken, those overexploited bits of quaintness, fishing boats were tied in glum rows to the quays, their painted sideboards hauled out of the water, their flags at half-mast. Fisher folk clumped gloomily over the cobblestones in wooden shoes...
...abed last week lay plump and matronly Widow Alice Foote MacDougall who, at 65, owns eight restaurants (seven in Manhattan, one in Rye, N. Y.), sells her teas, coffees, cocoas, jellies, relishes, pickles and preserves in some 300 stores. Two months ago she made plans to offer stock in her enterprise, to expand (TIME, March 7). Apparently little stock was sold for last week Mrs. MacDougall heard that "friendly" receiverships had been granted for four of the affiliated restaurant companies of Alice Foote MacDougall, Inc., her holding company. Blamed in the petition were the Depression and "a change...
Like Roosevelt, Dr. Bevan wears pincenez which (unlike Roosevelt) he removes when he starts to talk. He is tall and plump, has a way of leaning toward a listener as though he were about to impart a great confidence...
...company which gives opera every night needs several leading tenors. Tenor Gigli inherited many of his best roles from the late great Enrico Caruso. To succeed Gigli Mr. Gatti has chosen Tenor Tito Schipa, another short, plump Italian, lately of the Chicago Civic Opera.* Also from Chicago will come Frida Leider, great Wagnerian Soprano long coveted by the Metropolitan. Tenor Gustaaf de Loor and Basso-Baritone Ludwig Hofmann will strengthen the German wing. Four new Americans are on the list: Tenor Richard Crooks, Soprano Helen Gleason. Contralto Rose Bampton, Baritone Richard Bonelli. Three operas will be added to the repertoire...