Word: sales
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Englishmen are greatly worried over the sale of English art treasures to U. S. millionaires, who have bought $60,000,000 worth of British paintings and other art works since the War. Many connoisseurs look to the Government to stop the alarming export of English Art by some embargo similar to that in effect in Italy. But Premier MacDonald said (at the recent banquet of the National Gallery Centenary celebration) that private subscription was the only thing that could save English Art for England...
...fifty-eighth anniversary of the momentous change from winter hats to summer straws is being observed by the whole male population of this country and the haberdashers around the Square are planning a record sale this spring. Since the inauguration of the custom, it has become one of the most popular fashions for men, and the Straw Hat Manufacturers' Association has prepared an elaborate history of the head-wear dating from pictures of Juno on old Greek vases and coins of 350 A.D., wearing a "Stephanos", which is described as "an inverted peach basket". The first styles in America were...
...joined the ranks of the younger novelists. According to an announcement received yesterday by Mr. N. H. White '20, manager of the publishing house of Small, Maynard and Co., Inc., Henry's first novel, "Deceit", has been accepted by his company for publication and will be ready for sale by the middle of next month...
...finish of the dashes has been reserved by Harvard supporters. Another complete section in the bowl has been consigned to the Yale athletic association, for the use of members of the Yale clubs of Boston and New York and for Yale undergraduates. In addition, rush seats will be on sale from now on at the H.A.A. and at the Soldiers Field gates on Saturday afternoon, as the regular season ticket books will not be good for this meet. The total attendance is expected to surpass by a sizeable margin the crowd of 5000 which watched Coach Bingham's team defeat...
...gullibles) are descendents of one Anneke Jans Bogardus, wife of the Rev. Everardus Bogardus, who owned the valuable plot some two centuries ago. For a modest fee to cover the expenses of investigating the title, the swindlers hold out to their prospects the possibility of sharing in the sale of the property for many millions of dollars, should it be found rightfully to belong to the Bogardus heirs. For many years the clique lived off the "fees" obtained from the "heirs...