Word: sixteener
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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CAPTURES - John Galsworthy- Scribner ($2.00). Sixteen short stories, well above the average. In Late-299, the tale of an ex-convict who refused to be pitied, Mr. Galsworthy again displays his hatred of the prison system already attacked in Justice. Had a Horse is an amusing sketch of an English bookie who, after years of making a quietly shady living by betting on horses he never saw, comes by accident into the ownership of a real race horse, and blown with pride of possession, deliberately does himself out of a considerable bit of dishonest money for the pleasure of seeing...
...Wall Street is correct in the statement that Henry Ford is going into the oil business, the confusion and consternation caused thereby will be enormous. Mr. Ford, it seems, intends to establish gas stations which will sell gasoline exclusively to Ford owners at sixteen cents a gallon. The fearful consequences to the automobile, oil and autobody industries are easily apparent. The demands for Fords will be increased to such an extent that the Ford plant will probably be distended to the bursting point in order to satisfy...
...nose for cars will have to be evolved. The collapsible automobile appears to be in for its day. A few reefs handled in here and there, a disguised radiator, a squeaking device, and even the majestic Rolls Royce will sputter up to the filler and demand an injection of sixteen-cent...
...attempt, however, to describe the sixteen parts of the program must be too brief to do them justice, but mention of the most striking is absolutely necessary to the peace of mind of the critic. "La Grande Opera Italiana", previously noted in connection with M. Balieff, "Chastoushki", and "The Chorus of the Brothers Zaitzeff", are the most hilarious of the musical numbers, while "A Night at Yard's", and "Ei Ukhnem" are unforgettably dramatic in their relation of Siavic feeling and character. An Anglo Saxon feels as embarrassed listening to the almost barbaric gypsy songs as if he were impersonating...
Special invitations to the debate have been extended to sixteen notable persons who are: President Eliot, President Lowell, Dean Greenough, Dean Pound of the Law School, Governor Cox, Mayor Curly of Boston, Senator Lodge, Ex-Governor McCall, Mr. George Wiggles-worth '74, President Merlin of Boston University, President Stratton of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, British Consulate-General T. P. Porter, French Consul J. C. Flamand, Mr. Howard Coonely '99, President of the Boston Chamber of commerce, Dean Briggs, and Chief Justice Ruggles of the Massachusetts Supreme Court...