Word: tour
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Before a citizen can see the Frick pictures, he must call, write or telephone to a special ticket office, tell not only the day but the hour that he wishes to tour the collection. Once admitted, he must follow a special strip of green carpet from room to room, never loitering, never turning back, never sitting down. At the end of an hour he will have had brief glimpses of $50,000,000 worth of pictures and will be ejected through the same oak door through which he entered...
...will between the youth of two nations. Moreover, not only were the ancient glories of France displayed to the visitors but an intimate view was also given of the modern France. There was a visit to the Manufacture de Sevres where the famous porcelain wares are turned out; a tour of the Le Printemps, which is a leading department store; and an excursion to the Renault motor car factory...
Besides touching all the Scandinavian countries, the tentative itinerary of the voyage will include visits to Russia, Germany, Holland, Belgium, and France. Short cruises will be made up the principal fjords in the "land of the midnight sun," and in Russia there will be an extensive tour of the city of Leningrad and a three-day side trip to Moscow. Four days will be devoted to Paris, including excursions to Versailles and Fontainbleau...
...Chicago the rocks are on the left. Mr. Waugh took his award with becoming modesty last week. Other artists who have won the same prize at the Carnegie show have not always appreciated the honor. Malcolm Parcell, popular prizeman in 1924 & 1925, refused to let his canvas go on tour, hid it in his studio. Leopold Seyffert repainted his 1926 prizewinner. The late Gari Melchers sent his 1927 check to the Manhattan Society for Indigent Artists...
Such talk was sweet music to the mayors which made other subjects sound dull and tuneless. Attorney General Cummings talked about crime control and the mayors made a tour through J. Edgar Hoover's Bureau of Investigation. Experts spoke to them on traffic safety, noise abatement, fire prevention. Senator Wagner urged them to support low-cost Government housing. One evening was given over to the problem of "busting the Gas Trust." But the conference really got back to business and excitement when it got back to the subject of relief and Government money...