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...holds in his fingers the dozen fish-line strings attached to Don Juan's flexible joints. Another dangles the little peasant girl. When Don Juan crosses the stage, the steady-handed operators exchange their rack of strings with incredible dexterity. Husband & wife, father & son, these operators have been bred in the art of Italian marionet work...
...whole bale of straws. And historical romances are now the order of the day. Though Author Talbot's Gentlemen-The Regiment! contains one or two scenes that certainly would not have amused Her Britannic Majesty, its general tone is dashingly Victorian. In mid-19th Century, when well-bred wives called their husbands "Mr." even in bed, the English county town of Harwick centred proudly in its two famed infantry regiments, one known as "The Fathers." Both were family affairs: one was officered mainly by the plodding Chappells, the other by their livelier cousins, the St. Quentyns. Alastair Chappell...
...named Jacobi, he organized Schenley Distillers Corp. He sold $3,000,000 of stock to the public through the banking house of Lehman Brothers, had himself commissioned a Kentucky Admiral and began to expand in earnest. All liquormen regard the Schenley management highly. They were all born & bred to the business, and excitable, aggressive Lewis Rosenstiel knows precisely what he is up to. Schenley will cross the line with about 5,000,000 gal. which entitles it to one-fourth of the total business and the rank of No. 2 whiskey company. But Governor Pinchot's floor...
...plant them with Rhodes grass from Africa. He is proudest of his new breed of cattle, the Santa Gertrudis, achieved after many a year of experiments. It is a cross of Indian Brahma cattle, which are resistant to the tropical heat and diseases of southern Texas, and pure-bred shorthorns, one of the great English beef breeds. The result is a fat, sleek dark-red cow, both hardy and marketable...
...while easy-going Stevenson spent most of his time doling out the patronage. Stevenson's secretary, A. E. Hutchinson, was called "Two-Job Hutch" because of his past record of doubling in political posts. Two Stevenson in-laws were taken on as secretaries. Of such stuff jealousies are bred and out of jealousies tension, inefficiency. At the White House, tension is not yet felt. The President remains the easy, smiling, unhurried team-captain, supercharged with cheer, confidence and encouragement. For him, or for their country, the tired and edgy ones work on. Nearing the end of the first quarter...