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...LEARN ABOUT PEOPLE (75 pp.) -Delmar W. Beman Sr.-Exposition...
There is strong internal evidence that one of these books, And I Learn About People, was actually written by a cocker spaniel named Delmar W. Beman Sr. The author writes as a dog, in the first person, sometimes even breaks into doggerel. Sample verses to a watchdog: Watching o'er one's mind and soul, / Watching o'er one's kin and friend, / Make time and living worth the while, / Breed strength and sureness / And warmness of smile...
...Author Beman tells the success story of an intelligent young pup in the world of "dumb people"-how he became a hero by saving the baby ("new small people") from death in a bedroom fire, how he amazed "Grandmother People" by fetching her slippers every evening, and how he even sneaked into church one day and joined in a hymn...
Pure Oil Co.'s president since 1924 has been Henry May Dawes, solemn brother of Charles and Rufus, and its chairman is genial, stout Brother Beman. Least known of the Dawes boys, Beman is a great vacationist in Florida and Canada, leaves active direction of the company to hardworking Brother Henry. At his desk on the 22nd floor of Chicago's Pure Oil building every morning promptly at nine, President Dawes rarely gets away for golf except on weekends. An amateur of Civil War history and photography, he is a great friend of Cartoonist John McCutcheon and Illinois...
...Adams, J. H. Alexandre, W. H. Atherton, S. S. Beman, R. E. Bennink, G. F. Bigelow, W. V. Binger, F. G. Blake, A. R. Brenholts, O. P. Brown, Reginald Boardman, W. H. Bowen, W. H. Caunt, B. G. Clark, C. H. Cretzmeyer, L. L. Davis, W. N. Dearborn, P. K. Doyle, John Dwinell, F. W. Edlin, G. E. Filion, L. S. Fiaherty, A. McG. Foster, V. W. Foster, F. D. Gardner, J. H. Gardiner, John Gay, A. S. Geismer, S. R. Gifford, W. A. Gosline, I. J. Graff...