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Premier again last week. M. Venizelos was able to inform the Chamber that funds have been obtained at last to tide Greece over her immediate financial crisis. The money was found by transferring to a French syndicate the Greek State Railways, a delicate deal. Skimming over the details as only he can skim, Premier Venizelos spoke of "improved service" to be expected under the French management. Germany, who once dreamed of owning a Berlin-to-Bagdad railway, angrily accused France last week of scheming to buy control of railways dominating the Balkans, called the Greek deal a step toward realizing...
Bidding on the Tikytt psalter began at $20,000 and rose rapidly to $61,000, for which it was bought by plump little Dr. Abraham S. Wolf Rosenbach of Philadelphia, who usually manages to skim off the cream, of most U. S. book auctions...
...your issue of Sept. 21 under the caption "Landing Gandhi" occurs the following sentence: "Among the volunteer workers of the Settlement House eager to skim the Mahatma's goat's milk were...
...where he arrived in high spirits, flashing his pink gums at the welcoming throngs. He was taken to Kingsley Hall Settlement House, whose fluttering proprietress, a Miss Muriel Lester, had been eagerly awaiting him for weeks (TIME, July 13). Among the volunteer workers of the Settlement House eager to skim the Mahatma's goat's milk were the Misses Frances Perry of Topeka, Kan., Mildred Osterhaut of Vancouver, B. C. and Camille Solomon of No. 552 West 150th Street, New York...
...very well for the Back Bay hostesses and for the final clubs, but it just about ruins the House Plan. President Lowell has proposed, but the Tatler has disposed. The American Sketch has become a separator in the dairy of Boston's finest, most contented families. The skim milk has ben bottled up with a label, "Use only for balls." To the casual observer it is obvious that Audacious did not consult the Dean's List: he preferred to get hot over the Social Register...