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...notably in the Province of Quebec, does not decompose under even relatively high degrees of heat. Nor does it allow heat to pass through it easily. Another characteristic is its resistance to most acids. These points and the fact that it appears as silky, flexible fibres which can be woven or felted into fabrics,* or mixed with cements for fireproofing, make asbestos invaluable industrially...
...from the male sex behind a hazard of riddles. Suitors failing to solve her prehistoric crossword puzzles lose their stupid heads. One young Prince not only guesses all the riddles, but makes Her Wilful Highness like him for it, as well. The feminine "shall I, shall I not" is woven into the fabric of a soundly constructed play, one that feels itself easily superior to the crude realisms of ordinary theatre. Thus the hero's papa's whiskers are a haughtily braided Turkish towel, the sage councilors' hats, victrola records. The realistic furniture of the stage...
Last week it was presented by the American Grand Opera Company of Portland, Ore. Indian melodies, descriptive of Indian daily life and ceremonies, had been woven subtly into a rich orchestral background, made into a graceful romantic design simple as the story itself. Although it had no special thematic development, critics acknowledged, praised Composer Bimboni for his able conducting, for his score singularly free from monotony...
Finally, the debt question is regarded entirely in the light of legality and morality, with scarcely a mention of economics, and as it is some of our ablest economists who are arguing for debt cancellation on purely economic grounds, Mr. Bausman's intricately woven garb of German innocence British duplicity, and American simplicity is a scant, almost indecent, covering for his main contentions...
...advertising columns, new and alluring vistas to the smart (sartorially) student. These merchants have it would seem, sox innumerable--not the common or vulgar type of sox, but something entirely different and revolutionary. To wit:--sox with the name of the wearer's alma mater embroidered, sewn or woven on the sides, where the clock usually runs. Thus, one sits down, adjusts one's trousers, crosses one's legs--and Jo! there is a Yale, Princeton, Michigan or what not man. While the possibilities are interesting in male colleges and universities the real developments will come when the movement spreads...