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...hand a bit of frayed rope. When some citizen or sight-see-er enters the elevator with the desire to be hoisted upward, the old blackamoor makes a sad sound and tugs at his rope. Then there is a flash of light, a noise of grinding wheels, a draft of wind; with a slow, drunken irregularity, the rickety cage wobbles toward...
Round and round these immaculate mortals and the man in red, went horses all day long. Polo ponies, saddle horses, hunters, pony tandems, draft horses, tandems, hackneys, artillery horses strapped to caissons, police mounts, jumpers, saddle tandems, road hacks. Some walked, some trotted, jumped, pulled phaetons, balked, whinnied, won and lost. To add to the illusion, a clatter of old time coachesf filled the arena now and then, with "coaching parties" riding on their roofs. William H. Vanderbilt tooled one of them. Another exhibitor at the show was J. G. Gerardi, of Scranton, Pa., for whom a kind-hearted judge...
...Valentines, N. J., own clay beds; mine, grind and mix various ingredients; press, slice into blocks, dried by air and warm draft; have a full yard of dirty red igloo-like kilns and, in short, practically all of the other things referred to in the description of the Harbison-Walker plant...
...general public clamor" President Coolidge continued unresponsive, leaving G. O. Politicians just about where they were before. Men as daring as Senator Fess said that the "Draft Coolidge" movement had been vastly advanced, since now it must be seen that the draft would be genuine. Others were vexed, not daring to boom for Mr. Hoover, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Lowden, Mr. Dawes or Mr. Whoever until sure that they could believe in a convention prediction which Senator Fess has reported President Coolidge to have made. This prediction was one word shorter than the famed "choice." The President said...
...been arranged in the Widener Memorial Room and will be on display through next week. Manuscripts made while the author of "Alice in Wonderland" was a student at Eton and Oxford, Carroll's own copy of the first edition of the classic fairy tale, and the first rough draft for "Through the Looking Glass," are among the many treasures in the exhibition...