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...January 1919, when Major E. L. Hoffman assumed charge of parachute research at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, did the modern development of the chute really begin. Within a few months he produced the first successful "free-type" chute, to be worn on the back and opened by the wearer as he falls clear of his machine. It was followed by the seat-type, now in general use, first tested by Leslie Irvin, who jumped merely to prove that man does not lose control of his faculties in falling unhindered through space...
...Geki is far easier for Occidentals to understand than the hoary dramatic rituals of China, in which scarcely any scenery is employed and such an apparently unimportant factor as the shape of a false beard may indicate the character of its wearer. In Koi-No- Yozakura (Romance in Cherry Blossom Lane) a sculptor creates the image of a dancing girl which comes to life and dances with him when he places a mirror, the Japanese symbol of a woman's soul, next to her heart. The speech is naturally modulated, emotions are patent on the faces, the scenery...
...managers. These numerals will all be of the same type, in accordance with the recommendation of the Minor Sports Council last month. At that time red numerals on a black background, to be worn on a white sweater with no letters to signify what division of minor sports the wearer has represented, were recommended. The minor sports "H" is the same as that adopted by the Student Council last year...
...National Museum, shuddered at by thrill-seekers as a barbarous relic of the old Spanish regime. Then in 1925 it was restored to use by the suave but ruthlessly dictating Cuban who is still President, His Excellency General Gerardo Machadoy Morales. Though of mild appearance and a wearer of business-like tortoise-shell spectacles General Machadoy has been accused of having political enemies thrown to sharks (TIME, March n). His revival of garroting was significant...
...course to Berlin for the glory of the Chicago Tribune ("world's greatest newspaper"), whose aviation editor, 200-lb. Robert Wood, went aboard as a passenger. The McCormick ship was named, oddly, the 'Untin' Bowler, partly because a hunting bowler hat is supposed to protect its wearer if he falls, and partly (said Chicagoans) because of a McCormick family joke about a child, a bowler hat and a pressing necessity. The Tribune started a prize contest, $100 for the best guess why the plane was named 'Untin' Bowler...