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...Carpet. Captain Mildred Olsen, of the Salvation Army, received a summons to appear before Commander Evangeline Booth, at Lake George, N. Y., and explain her conduct in bobbing her hair. Captain Olsen is 25, an expert swimmer and diver. Commander Booth's niece, Mary Booth, had her hair bobbed in France during the period of her War work. She was condemned by General Bramwell Booth to stay away from the front until her hair grew long again. Will the decision of the Commander differ from that of the General...
...special committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the U. S. gave President Coolidge their view of what policies are vital for the welfare of American business. The Committee included Julius H. Barnes, A. C. Bedford, Lewis E. Pierson, Charles E. Weed, Willis H. Booth, John H. Fahey, F. L. Kent. These Committeemen did the talking at the conference, while President Coolidge was almost exclusively a listener...
TWEEDLES?Are you a tweedle? In other words, do you consider your family tree one of a strictly limited number of giant Sequoias? If you do, Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson are out for you with a satiric axe in this most engaging comedy...
...other day watching a rehearsal of Home Fires, his newest play. Here are plain Americans, behaving as plain Americans do. In this play he has attempted an exceedingly difficult task: that of writing tragedy in terms of comedy. His new theme is one that either Rachel Crothers or Booth Tarkington might have chosen: the story of the breaking down of a family due to the frothy characteristics of a rather ordinary American husband-a bond salesman, a $10,000-a-year man. Miss Crothers would have discussed her problem at length and her adolescents would have represented a current difficulty...
...vacations. Just now the number of Wall Street bankers enjoying an outing in Europe is distinctly noticeable. Practically all the chief banking firms now have representatives abroad: Kuhn, Loeb & Co. is represented by Otto H. Kahn; the Guaranty Trust Co. by Charles H. Sabin, Francis H. Sisson, Willis H. Booth; the Chase Bank by E. R. Tinker; the Bankers' Trust by Fred I. Kent. Secretary of the Treasury A. W. Mellon went abroad some time ago and is now in Paris. The latest departure was that of J. P. Morgan - to shoot grouse in Scotland...