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...potent, conservative Banker & Mrs. George Fisher Baker Jr. Setting: the Baker home. Guest list: small. Chicago's outstanding debutante balls-of-the-week were two: Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Watson Armour (meats) and Mr. & Mrs. Walter Radcliffe Kirk (he recently sold his soap company to Procter & Gamble) gave a joint, lavish party at the Blackstone for their daughters Elsa Armour and Beatrice Kirk; Mr. & Mrs. Gustavus Franklin Swift (meats...
Huntington Badger Henry (she was a Swift) gave a joint, lavish party at the Blackstone for their daughters Geraldine Swift and Hortense Henry. San Francisco. Mrs. Adolph...
...main function. In the meantime people wrangle about fiscal remedies and similar devices of secondary importance, neglecting the essential question of stability in standard of value." Most startling, provokingly cryptic was Lord d'Abernon's conclusion: "The situation could be remedied within a month by joint action of the principal gold-using countries through the taking of necessary steps by the central banks." This amounted to saying that if things do not look up within 30 days five men will be largely to blame: Governor Montagu Collet Norman of the Bank of England. Governor Eugene Meyer...
...feed the people who are hungry!" Public and Press were making themselves heard in a like vein. Besides, Administration leaders in Congress threatened not to allow the customary two-weeks adjournment for Christmas and New Year's if the relief bills were not passed. Congress finally listened. Result: Joint conferees compromised on a $45,000,000 drought-relief bill in which the word "food"' was dropped and the phrase "other such purposes incident to crop production . . ." substituted. Both chambers passed the measure. Sentiment in the Senate over its unemployment-relief amendments also changed...
...craves companionship. Marshal (later dictator) Pilsudski, a stalwart, used to be able to bend silver rubles with his mighty fingers, to crack nuts in his hairy fist Nuncio Ratti could not duplicate those feats. His hands were, and are, a scholar's soft ones. ' Joint diversion of the Marshal and the Nuncio was chess, at which both are adept. The bold Pole favored vigorous attack. The astute Italian shifted his play between defense and attack. The Marshal won sufficiently often not to resent his opponent's superior intellect. Pope Pius XI has all the distinctive attributes...