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...crepes have never been popular. Few wardrobes would contain old crepe de Chine dresses, let alone rough crepes, that could be made over. Silk men know that there are 10,000,000 U. S. women who have never had a silk dress. Perhaps 5,000,000 more cannot now afford to buy one, though a silk dress that cost $25 in 1929 will cost but $10 this year. Even so that leaves 20 or 25 million women who will feel they must, and therefore will, have at least one crepe dress almost right away. That was the beauty...
...degree brings $600 more a year than a B.A. degree. Ph.D. degrees have no weight in high schools. In colleges a Ph.D. is worth $600 a year more than an M.A. Miss Wikoff finds that ''clinical laboratories present splendid opportunities, especially for those who can afford to become part owners...
...dues of from $1 to $3.50. For $1 an individual member is assured full medical attention. The $3.50 takes care of an entire family. There are two great divisions among the clubs?the Spanish and the Cuban. The Cuban are strictly mutual benefit societies, admit only those who cannot afford to pay for private attention. The Spanish clubs maintain great social halls and schools. They resemble U. S. fraternal societies like the Moose...
...medical men decided altogether too many club members were applying for sick benefits. They dared not denounce the club insurance system which has become a vested interest in Cuban affairs. But club members might be challenged with little risk of reprisal. Every member, declared the doctors, who can afford to do so should make private calls on his physician and not sponge on the clinics...
...gondola is, like the old one, a ball 7 ft. in diameter which can be hermetically sealed from within. Instead of only two observation portholes it has eight, like an eyeball with eight pupils. The portholes afford not only a better view of the surroundings but a clear view of the gasbag above, so that the descent valves may be kept untangled. Another innovation: the entry port may be reclosed from the inside, even if opened during flight. Instead of being painted half white, half black, like the old gondola, the new one is all white enamel. Last year...