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When they hear the name Rothschild uttered, they can turn to FORTUNE, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 99-104, for an intimate gallery of that great European banking family of whom Disraeli said to Queen Victoria: "I am of the opinion, madame, that there never can be too many Rothschilds." FORTUNE presented, by tribes, several dozen Rothschilds now living, including one-eyed Baron James, duelling Senator Maurice, fat doctor-playwright Baron Henri (under a parasol, sitting on a dead hippopotamus) and fatter Baron Lionel Walter, who collects fleas...
...Faces of the Month" and "A Budget for a $25,000 Income in Chicago" were self-explanatory lesser features toward the back-of-the-book in Vol. 1, No. 1, where a magnificent forest of advertisements arose. Hearing that a "most beautiful magazine in America" was forthcoming, advertisers had flocked in, most of them with specially prepared copy, until they filled 106 pages and three covers, making Vol. 1, No. 1 a 3-lb., 184-page phenomenon...
...Abraham Lincoln-A Cartoon History by Albert Shaw-Review of Reviews (2 vol. $8). *Dr. Shaw opines that smooth-shaven men of words tended to grow beards when they felt action (the Civil War) approaching...