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Chancellor Franz von Papen of Germany took his first evening off since entering office in June to go, one night last week, to Berlin's great Philharmonic. Thither also went Poet Gerhart Hauptmann, Albert Einstein and many another notable. Unlike U. S. bigwigs, Germany's first, citizens make a practice of attending important concerts. The scene, the air of suspense were similar on this occasion to one three years ago when the crowd interrupted the concert with 20 minutes' cheering and Dr. Einstein rushed backstage afterwards with tears in his eyes...
...quarters of the club will probably be in the Hotel Majestic (7 2nd Street & Central Park West). Thither will be moved paintings, photographs, maps, instruments, weapons, mounted animal heads?trophies from the six Continents, the Seven Seas, the air. Most precious is the Explorers' library valued at $100,000. From the Club's books, atlases and journals an explorer can get full information for a trip to any part of the world...
...call at once. Host Hoover in the Blue Room was so eager to plunge into business with Guest Laval that an aide had to wrinkle his brow and beckon to the President. Thus reminded of Mrs. Hoover's existence in the Red Room, the President led the Lavals thither, presented them...
...family conclave meets to decide her future, she shocks them all by deciding for herself. For 30 years Lady Slane has dreamed of living alone in a little house in Hampstead ; she has even had her eye on the house. Against her children's protests she retires thither, having made most unbusinesslike arrangements with the owner, eccentric Mr. Bucktrout. She lives there happily with her old French maid, seeing almost nobody until even more eccentric old Fitz-George, a millionaire miser and famed col lector, renews an acquaintance lapsed for 50 years. Then FitzGeorge dies, electrifies Lady Slane...
...city. Thousands of destitute families were put on the municipal relief list. The dole was advanced to its largest U. S. flowering. The fame of Detroit as a jobless haven spread and it was all the police could do to keep out the bums and tramps who flocked thither. Mayor Murphy was hailed on speaking trips about the country as the only U. S. municipal executive who had really sponsored a practical, inclusive relief program. Last spring at the Progressive Conference in Washington he got a thunderous ovation from Senators and representatives who wanted the Federal Government to adopt...