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Tall (6 ft. 4 in.), husky (210 lb.), young (33), Adam Powell is handsome, lightskinned, a fluent speaker, a good showman. He went to Colgate University, hurled the javelin on the track team, worked summers as a redcap in Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal. After a year in theological seminary, he stepped into a ready-made job as assistant pastor of his father's Abyssinian Baptist Church, whose 14,000 members are the largest Protestant congregation in the world...
Solving the problem in a flash, Vag wrapped all his baggage in his reversible, tied the bundle up neatly with a bit of twine, and handed it to the first redcap. When they had reached his car, Vag was seized with a fit of remorse, and graciously handed the colored boy fifteen cents. The horrified porter, finding his protests to be of no avail, summoned a guard with "Anti-tipping Assistant" on his cap, and between them they persuaded Vag to take back his extra five cents -- all in bright new pennies...
...year in Washington caused Mr. Hitchcock's modesty to be replaced by an aggressive desire not to go home. Last week, he was running for the nomination to succeed himself against Mr. Berry who is an ex-cowboy, wears a white sombrero, and once astounded a Washington redcap by stepping off a train and shouting "Hell, boy, where's the water-hole?" When the votes were tallied, Mr. Hitchcock came in a bad third, behind a Congressman named Fred Hildebrandt, leaving Rooseveltian Mr. Berry with nothing between himself and the Senate but the November elections. His Republican opponent...
...Paul J. Sachs '00, professor of Fine Arts, is brusquely stopped by an insolent redcap in Grand Central Station this vacation while conducting a tour of eastern art galleries, his students trailing behind will find him quite unfazed...
...fired was when I got fly with a little guy who detrained from the Lake Shore Limited. During Prohibition days, 'leggers came in from Canada and other points with huge bags loaded with liquor. In order to get through O.K., they'd dress like preachers, bums, and ambassadors. A redcap in not allowed to charge a passenger for services--take the tip and shut up! is the law. But bootleggers could be hijacked for a buck or more, if you were sure...