Word: makers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...against hypocrisy."-James F. Lucas, Philadelphia paint-and-brush maker, longtime Republican. Similarly, Rudolph Spreckels, San Francisco banker, irregular Republican...
...election, in Wisconsin. There, the so-called Progressive Republicans, led by boyish Senator Robert Marion ("Young Bob") La Follette, amiable son of a fiery father, won all the important nominations-including the Youngest Senator's renomination-except for the Governorship. That was won by Walter Jodok Kohler, affluent maker of plumbing fixtures, builder of a "model" village (Kohler, Wis.), father of grown sons, flyer of a speedy airplane, regent of the State University, adherent of Nominee Hoover. The La Follette candidate, U. S. Representative Joseph D. Beck, ran a Wet second by some 20,000 votes. A Dry third...
Time was when the world of Paris fashions would have trembled at such an edict from the powerful Poiret. But the maker of modes confessed himself outmoded when, a fortnight ago, he lamented: "I am no longer necessary. ... I shall leave the Paris which is no longer the Paris I have known. I shall solace myself in an old chateau surrounded by fairy-like gardens...
Eloped. Mark Hanna 3d, great-grandson of the late Senator Mark Hanna ("the President-maker"); with Miss Catherine Backus, daughter of a Cleveland pump agent; from Cleveland, Ohio...
...Each maker chooses some particular exotic ingredient to capture the imagination of the beauty-seeking public. Amor Skin is advertised as "a new scientific discovery to rejuvenate the skin." Originally, it included a substance extracted from the skin of very young iguana lizards. But as the demand grew, young iguana lizards became scarce. And it conveniently happened that the same substance was found in the skin-glands of the tortoise. Amor Skin may be purchased for $16.50 by women between the ages of 20 and 35. Older women who crave tortoise skin glands must...