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Plantin was made Printer to the King by Philip II of Spain, but also kept on good terms with his own Prince 'William of Orange-Nassau. He died worth $1,600,000 and was buried in the cathedral in a grave marked "The King of Typography...
...exercise his talent whenever he wanted. But for all that talent and for all his study, Mucha was getting nowhere. Then, out of the blue, Actress Sarah Bernhardt came to the rescue. She urgently needed a new poster to advertise her new play. The theater manager telephoned the poster printer, and the printer gave Mucha the designing job simply because he was in the shop at the time. Bernhardt was delighted: she gave Mucha a contract to design not only her posters, but some of her sets and costumes as well...
...Printers hit back with a 14 run eighth inning, blasting the unfortunate Siggel from the box. "Too bad," revealed Bruce Paisner, who had taken time off from his duties as an Executive to manage his inept team. Leading the Printer's attack was "Stitch" Penkul, who was hit by an incredible series of pitched balls every time he was up, getting 7 walks and 10 stolen bases...
...Germany last week was the dunking of young Germans in huge wooden tubs full of water. Like most such playful survivals of more leisurely times, this was the celebration of a medieval tradition more honored in modern Germany than anywhere else: the apprentice system. The water-soaked victims were printer apprentices who, having passed their spring journeyman examinations, submitted ritually to ''washing the stupidity away." Young ladies have entered the craft, too, since the war-and they were even more enthusiastically dunked...
...WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING. CEroled the Herald Tribune. "New York's ALIVE again," said the Mirror. In a paean to the sweet scent of printer's ink. Hearst Columnist Bob Considine cooed...