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Gladstone gave Chamberlain a little pettifogging job in two cabinets. And Chamberlain resented both appointments. He was fitted to have filled' the highest position in the gift of Gladstone, that is, out- side of an appointment to some legal office. His (Chamberlain's) widow, the present Mrs. W. H. Carnegie, will contribute something on this subject some...
Observers recalled that Senator Doumer's recent failure to form a Cabinet (TIME, Dec. 7) was cleverly exploited by M. Briand to make his own triumph the greater when he succeeded. One Frenchman said to another, "What if it were all a put up job: a deal whereby Doumer, who has the Senate solidly behind him, should succeed the brilliant but unpopular Loucheur, and slide necessary tax measures of a less drastic nature through the Chamber...
...left Poland because of poverty and religious oppression. When he arrived in this country he wanted to be a painter. He expressed the idea to some immigrant friends on the East Side, who thought he meant that he wanted to be a house painter. He was referred to a job and when he got there he discovered that it was a job painting a tenement house. Handicapped by lack of funds and little knowledge of English, he was compelled to do this sort of work until he saved money enough to go into business for himself. This eventually...
...Australia as an "emigrant" under the alias "George Bott." Last week, returning to England, he vouchsafed the following statement: "I worked on one farm for 20 shillings a week. . . . So far as my experiences went as an emigrant, I am convinced there is no difficulty in getting a job in Australia. A man can start on his own in a comparatively shorter time than in any other part of the world and make a comfortable living. ... No one should go out there with the idea that he is going to get a fortune at the start. . . . There is practically...
Major F. W. Moore '92 in expressing his regret over Mr. Campbell's resignation said, "I am sorry to see Coach Campbell leave. He has done an awfully good job in his three years as Assistant Graduate Treasurer and Freshman football coach...