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Last week La Gioconda's, smile was for a time in danger of disappearing forever. Fire broke out in some wooden scaffolding in the Pavilion de la Trémoille, where hang priceless Rubens and Rembrandt. The Mona Lisa was only 20 feet from the blaze. Workmen carried pictures hurriedly out of the room, covered others with canvas so they would not be damaged by firemen's hoses. When the excitement was over, not a single picture had been damaged. La Gioconda smiled...
...handle the increased work 85 new employes were added, wages were upped 20%. Still the work lagged behind schedule. Taking advantage of a new elastic interpretation of the 40-hour week by which the working day can be temporarily lengthened, longer hours were ordered for the workmen last week. The 500 employes of the mint, however, decided to tolerate no tampering with their 40-hour week. They began a sit-down strike. Premier Daladier ordered police to clear the mint and to break up a demonstration outside. Then he ordered posted a notice that workers failing to return by early...
...heard by a science concentrator, who is hoping for a B.S. if he can persuade the University that his Latin is not good enough for a B.A., deserves passing mention. Two Freshmen were rowing singles along the farther side of the river. Several workmen were swinging shovels, and two, seeing the rowers, stopped and mopped their brows. "Say, fellows," they called, "we used to go to college once. We both got degrees from M.I.T. Now look at us." "Yeah, look at you," one of the rowers shouted back. 'You've got jobs. What do you think we're doing? Rowing...
...conclusion two workmen in spotless white overalls applied more mortar and guided the stone into place with a professional air. President Conant announced that the stone was properly laid...
Metcalfe said that workmen are experiencing some difficulty in removing the present slab because of its thinness, which will probably force the men to break it in order...