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...around 1916, the year before Nettie started making clothes for her friends (and their friends) as well as for herself. For four years she did all her work in her brownstone house, but by 1921 so many customers were cluttering up her rooms that she moved to bigger (and swankier) space in the East Fifties...
...track, was given odd jobs such as checking the horses at the drinking trough on Derby day. Five years ago, Lindheimer's persistent hobby got the better of him. Hearing that Colonel Matt Winn* wanted to sell Washington Park (gradually being overshadowed by Chicago's newer, swankier Arlington Park), Lindheimer bought controlling interest in the track, became its managing director...
...swankier of the Conqueror's concubines found her social doings recorded even in the British press of Shanghai, which referred to her as "Mme Chiang...
...total profits ($484,405). During Depression the Hart Schaffner & Marx volume dropped 55% in number of suits & coats, even more in dollars because of the demand for cheaper lines. The decision to enter the low-priced field caused a major management upheaval and cost the company some of its swankier outlets but President Cresap's drive for volume has been successful...
...other State capital is generally to be found a low, musty, old-fashioned hotel with a stuffed elk's head and plenty of spittoons in the lobby. If the Legislature is in session rooms there will be at a premium. The capital may have a newer and swankier hotel, built between 1924 and 1929, but the farmers, the smalltown lawyers, the minor merchants who compose the bulk of State legislatures are not interested in swank. All they want for their short, frequent sessions is a cheap (about $1.50), convenient bed in a place where they can circulate from room...