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...think it is a great pity that the work of the elder Holbein has been so overshadowed by that of his better known son. It is easy to see that Holbein the Younger got his interest in art from his father's sketches of monks, nobles, and tradesmen, such as these you see here. Holbein the Younger, by the way, developed the exclusive technique of using black and white ink on colored paper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections and Critiques | 3/31/1933 | See Source »

...full if given an extension; 3) be thrown into bankruptcy if neither proposal was accepted. The holder of the deficiency judgment, demanding his $1,000, favored bankruptcy. The grocer was ready for a time extension. But the landlord, the friend with the I. 0. U. and the town tradesmen, all needing cash, consented to take one-third of their debts and call it square. As majority creditors with claims of $1,800 against John Doctor they signed an agreement which the judge promptly confirmed. Turning over his cash, car, lot and bond. John Doctor was spared the stigma and expense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RELIEF: A Doctor & His Debts | 3/13/1933 | See Source »

When The Big Drive was given a test run in Chicago last month it surprised cinema tradesmen by filling the McVicker's theatre for over two weeks. Hollywood producers, unable to comprehend that the cinema can be a medium for anything except drama, will be startled if. as is likely, The Big Drive repeats its success elsewhere. Producer Rule claims to have compiled his picture as peace propaganda of much the same brand as George Palmer Putnam's grisly collection of war photographs entitled The Horror of It (TIME, March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 30, 1933 | 1/30/1933 | See Source »

...assist them, and with the intention of living on credit until it does. In that case, they frequently spend two or three months besieging the Personnel Offices seeking work which cannot be given them, and will in time drop out and return home, leaving the University and the local tradesmen saddled with a number of bad debts. On the other hand, they may enter a student employment competition on their own initiative and thus occupy a position reserved by the Personnel Department for some other applicant. If the individual takes this course, he places the department in the position...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 12/17/1932 | See Source »

Imperial Gesture. Four days after this protest the Son of Heaven himself donated 4,800,000 yen (currently $1,200,000) from his privy purse to relieve distress among Japanese farmers, fishermen and tradesmen on the eve of the opening of a special session of the Diet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN-CHINA: Provocatively Dangerous | 8/29/1932 | See Source »

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