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Lake George, a bright blue ribbon some 25 miles long, nestles in an Adirondacks cranny. Visitors are surprised to find its smooth, shadowed waters icy cold and treacherous. Having discovered that much, they must have been amazed recently to learn that it was selected as the place for a marathon to determine the fresh water swimming championship of the world. Scores of tubby natators plunged in, determined to negotiate the entire distance (24 miles) from the upper end to Fort William Henry pergola at the lower end. That meant between 15 and 30 hours in cold water nowhere over...
...professors of the physics department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced last week the invention of a colorimeter which may displace human judgment in matching colors. By means of the colorimeter, the record of the color of a gown, a ribbon or even a flower can be made in Manhattan and transmitted by telegraph to San Francisco to be matched accurately...
That genuine antique, "I can't read in the daytime, I went to night school," may well have originated at the College of the City of New York. Of all large universities, few have carried education to so many young people whom circumstance keeps behind ribbon counters and typewriters during business hours. The administration of such an institution is arduous, requiring as it does, not only a "night shift" faculty but manipulation of the polyglot problems that arise among the offspring of a big-city population. But, like a 24-hour newspaper, City College employs a night executive...
...Century Ribbon Mills-miles of slick ribbons coil out of looms-loss...
...last a plump, genial old man in a frock coat and a tall hat arrived. He took a pair of gold scissors from a pretty girl and began portentously to cut the ribbon...