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...Collier, who has gained fame through his creation of "Otto Grow" and his numerous family, will discuss cartoons in general, "Otto" in particular and give an exhibition of his skill in drawing...
From the Wilhelmstrasse (German Foreign Office) came the news that Baron Ago von Maltzan was appointed German Ambassador to the U. S. in place of Dr. Otto Wiedfeldt who is retiring to resume important duties in the firm of Krupps...
...Jacques Seligmann. Women of fashion, men of affairs, all strangely stayed when they should have gone home to dress for dinner. They did not go because they had lent their faces to the Loan Exhibition of the Society of the Art Patrons of America. In one corner stood Otto H. Kahn, international banker-a suave, stocky, domineering head by Sculptor Jo Davidson ; near him, in the twilight, H. P. Davison, a banker no less famed, gazed with measured glance out of the paint of Sir William Orpen. For its economy of drawing, its matchlessly skilful blend of rich sombre hues...
There are other observers who are not so sure of this. Many currents and and cross-currents are at work in India at present making accurate judgement difficult. On the one hand, as Mr. Otto Rothfeld points out, a growing capitalism is overthrowing traditional economic institutions. In the wake of an industrial revolution have appeared materialistic tendencies in thought. This has brought all the force of Hindu idealism in revolt against importations of Western methods and ideas...
...Manhattanites sought to create a theatre similar to that which the Guild has become. They called their project the New Theatre and spent much money. The New Theatre has languished, but one of its backers was among those who made speeches over the Guild's cornerstone. This was Otto H. Kahn, Manhattan Mæcenas, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Opera Co. Said he of the Guild Theatre: "It is impressive . . . eloquent . . . that this building was erected not by the munificence of a rich man or the support of the municipality, but by the confidence...