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...They have also very kindly and resolutely named me the second or third richest man in the world, and on this account have surrounded me with a display of luxury, with a 'carousel' of automobiles brought by me, and airplanes piloted by the captain of my air fleet...
Many people are parents. Many parents are stupid. They do not know their children any better than they know the milkman. They are responsible for children being called such insulting names as kiddies, brats, little lambs, little nuisances. They either display their children to visitors like new phonograph records or put them in corners like broken bridge tables. The old practice of cuffing children has given way to almost complete indifference. Parents who can afford a nursemaid seldom see their small children more than once or twice a day. Then, when a child gets older he is sent away...
...British Royal Academy were vexed last week with a painful problem. One of their most distinguished members, Charles Sims, had sent six pictures for hanging. His eagerness to have the pictures shown was well known, but the members of the Academy were less willing to put them on display. Charles Sims had committed suicide the previous week by jumping in a river with stones in his pockets; his six paintings were obviously the work of a madman...
...exhibition of facsimile reproductions of drawings and engravings will be placed on display tomorrow at the Fogg Art Museum...
...exhibit includes reproductions of many of the works by Dutch and Flemish masters. It is the second of a series of exhibitions representing the works of classical art. The Italian masters were on display throughout last week...