Word: saltus
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Marquis has, after all, a wonderful ability for characterization. No matter with whom he is dealing he does so sympathetically. Mister Splain, a village drunk, a backslider, chicken thief; Cherry Saltus, the stupid, over-sexed girl who turns the town upside down by her adventures; Jim Shale, the grave-digger who is guilty of being an unconfessed free-thinker--these people the author neither reproaches nor encourages. He merely shows them to you as he understands them, with all the power of his insight...
Childe Hassam, to whom went the Saltus Medal of Merit, only N. A. prize to be awarded regardless of nationality, age, sex, or subject matter, for that old post-impressionist's landscape Evening, Point Alien...
...September 1930 the brothers Charles Townsend & Nicholas Saltus Ludington, Philadelphia socialites, started Ludington Air Lines, a plane-per-hour service between New York, Philadelphia & Washington-"most travelled stretch of territory in the world."* The Ludingtons put $1,000,000 into the company, kept most of the stock, sold none publicly. They declared themselves prepared to operate at a loss for five years. Last week they sold out to Eastern Air Transport, reputedly...
...SALTUS (Edgar) The Philosophy of Disenchantment. American First Edition...
...SALTUS (Edgar) The Truth About Tristrem Varick. American First Edition...