Word: giftedly
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...longer will Britishers say polite nothings when the U. S. Embassy residence in London is mentioned. Alanson B. Houghton, U. S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James's will now reside at Nos. 13 and 14 Prince's Gate, S. W., a gift of the late J. Pierpont Morgan to the Government. Some $450,000 has been spent upon the aristocratic gold and scarlet interior decorations which were completed last week...
...ultra city aquarium in Grant Park. From Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears Roebuck & Co.), came three millions outright to restore the old Fine Arts building of World's Fair days in Jackson Park and house within it a museum of industrial progress. Mr. Shedd's increased aquarium gift came forth promptly when he learned that two millions would not pay for a plant planned by architects to be the greatest ichthyological edifice-from a scientific standpoint-in the world. The U. S. has, or is to have: the Golden Gate Park Aquarium (San Francisco...
Stone lions, tigers, llamas, elephants, jaguars, buffalo, deer, squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks, cows, mice, peacocks, giraffes, donkeys, badgers, wolves, gazelles, quaint monkeys, lightly hopping kangaroos, ingenuous but haughty ostriches and many other animals, made in Europe, will be used as street markers in St. Petersburg, Fla., the gift of generous C. Perry Snell...
...present. An expert haircutter is always worth a tip of 20c or 25c. This high ratio is accounted for by the fact that a barber exerts the power of life and death over his patients. Gratitude for present escape and trepidation for the future combine to stimulate the gift. Waiters must be content with less. Fifteen percent on checks under two dollars, ten percent over that. On all checks between seven and eleven dollars a dollar is the correct amount...
...Haarlem or Siccatif de Coutrey-if he was in haste for drying. He admired the Dutch. He feared the Spanish. "Dishwater," he said, sticking out his tongue at a picture of Rousseau's. The best collection of his work is in the Institute of Chicago-22 large canvases, gift of Edward B. Butler who paid $30,000 for his Home of the Heron. George Inness Jr. is not represented...