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...that Miss Morrow was apparently not offended by the reporters, there remains the fact that these reporters are among the best in New York. The ship-news assignment is coveted in Manhattan shops. The men who get it can, if any ever could, tie up their togas with blue ribbon...
...Three years ago, he began to buy horses. Last week, four of these-Temptation, Preston Mavis, Myrtle Fashion and Sensation-pulled the high coach around the ring. James Franceschini, wearing a checked suit, a derby, a large cigar, and a diamond knuckle, watched them win the blue ribbon. It happened to be the 108th prize which his horses have taken in the last four shows that they have entered...
...pilot you ever saw!" Whereupon he returned to the Yankee Doodle to salvage yet a third conqueror of the airs above the continent It was none other than the ship's mascot?a "hot dog" skillfully converted by the deft use of toothpicks for legs and tail and a ribbon about the neck into an esthetic complement...
...aggregate number of aspirants for posts in the activities. This is smaller than five years ago. Not only are the students becoming more precious and demanding in their choice, but they are becoming increasingly chary of sharing any part of themselves with an organization, just for a ribbon to stick in their coats. They are not grinds, or fly-by-nights; they simply know that they are going to do what they like. And more and more what they like seems to be to make use of the academic opportunities that Harvard offers...
...Among the advertised products which the Batten company contributes to the combined concern are Armstrong Linoleum; Colgate products (including Rapid Shave Cream, Ribbon Dental Cream, Fab, Cashmere Bouquet Soap, Coleo Soap, Octagon Soap, Super Suds); Hamilton Watch, Walkover shoes, Edgeworth tobacco, McCallum hosiery, Prophylactic tooth brushes, United Fruit Co. bananas. From the Barton, Durstine-Osborne quota comes Alexander Hamilton correspondence school; Atwater Kent radios, Cluett Peabody Arrow Collars; Dorothy Gray toilet preparations; General Electric Co. products; General Motors (institutional-not the individual cars); Gillette razors; Oshkosh trunks; L. C. Smith and Corona typewriters; Triplex safety glass; Standard...