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...furnace at Huntingdon Valley, got nothing more than a sinister blast of smoke & flame which alarmed his neighbors. Such technical difficulties were soon smoothed by professional advice, and Artist Saint successfully produced his first batch of colored glass. Gathering a hatful of samples, he hastened abroad to make a comparison with the glass in Chartres Cathedral. Perched on a teetering, 50-ft. ladder, Lawrence Saint held his own glass directly against the great Western windows, shouted for joy when he realized he had duplicated the original colors in three cases out of four...
...Would a comparison of Current Affairs Test scores be practicable or advisable? Herewith are my scores on the four tests so far; I should be interested in knowing what others report...
Fast Dye. Two specimens are cut from the piece of cloth. One specimen is used for the test; the other saved for comparison after the test. The test specimen is sewed to a piece of bleached cotton cloth and placed in a jar of hot (160 degrees F.) soapy water with ten ⅜-in. rubber balls. The jar is whirled in a rotating machine for 30 minutes. This procedure rubs the cloth samples as hard as any washing machine or washwoman can ever do. After thorough rinsing in warm (110 degrees F.) water, drying and ironing (at 275 degrees...
...London's press this finding was grand news. "It is impossible to read the cold and fearless words of the report without a feeling of pride, surely not unpardonable, in our public and parliamentary traditions," cried the Labor Daily Herald. "For comparison," boomed the Conservative Daily Express, "you need to [recall] the Stavisky Scandal in France and the United States Teapot Dome oil scandals, which dragged on for years." In editorials of modest understatement, Fleet Street reminded everyone that only six weeks had elapsed since the Budget leaked- another record for British Justice, swift & sure...
WIND WHICH MOVED A SHIP-Sophia Cleugh-Doubleday, Doran ($2). Witty enough to recall Rose Macaulay, too superficial to survive the comparison, Author Cleugh recounts the amorous and professional adventures of a beauteous, strongwilled, British concert pianist...