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...Kilda has belonged to the MacLeods, who, living on the nearly as rigorous Isle of Skye, have seen nothing untoward in life on St. Kilda (Norman Magnus, present MacLeod of MacLeod, is hale and hearty at 91). The Marquess of Ailsa* bought St. Kilda last year, immediately decided to move the population to Ayrshire where he owns 76,000 acres. Ayrshire's temperature seldom rises above 60, but to the St. Kildans it will be as Florida...
Characteristic of Carol was his first move, to turn in petty rage on his former wife...
Last fortnight it was rumored that Durant Motors will manufacture the Mathis, a small French car. Last week's announcements confirmed these stories. Emil Earnest Charles Mathis and a staff will move to Lansing, Mich., where the Durant factory stands. By Dec. 1 work will have begun on a contract calling for 100,000 Mathis cars. Although Durants will still be made, apparently the new car will predominate. For the last four months total Durant registrations in the U. S. were only 9,531 compared to 16,837 in the corresponding period last year...
Opportune is the move for P. A. A. in regard to mail contracts. Heretofore U. S. contracts for South American mail have been granted only to the west coast lines and as far south as Paramaribo on the east (all P. A. A. routes). On Sept. 11, the Postmaster General will receive bids for the first long east coast contract, from Paramaribo south to Rio de Janeiro (Santos). P. A. A. will be the only qualified bidder...
...flea which always grasps one leg with another will make a ball balancer. One which waves its legs back and forth rapidly makes a chariot racer. Trainers prod the insects with tiny whips when they make mistakes, force them to repeat their tricks. An obdurate flea which refuses to move is prodded into activity, worked harder than the rest. The human flea lives mostly in Europe. Professor Heckler says he obtains his supply from the boat stewards of European liners, who find them while making beds. Greatest authority on fleas in the world is Lionel Walter, Baron Rothschild of England...