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Said a U. S. technical expert at Irkutsk to Rover Wales: "There are three big shoe factories here but I have never been able to buy a pair of shoes and neither has anyone else I know. We pay $7.50 a pound for butter and $1.25 a quart for milk." Dean of the U. S. colony at Irkutsk is former U. S. Consul Fowler who has lived in Russia for 30 consecutive years, likes the country...
...offered the man a roll of money. At first the man refused. Then he broke down, told the Prince that he had three more children, that he was jobless, about to be evicted from his home. When a crowd gathered, Prince Svasti took up a collection, persuaded the indigent pair to accept...
Lead team of The Band Wagon is, of course, the Astaires. Never has this versatile pair been set to better advantage. As two incorrigible Parisian children playing hoops in the Pare Monceau (perhaps the loveliest of Albert R. Johnson's settings) it is evident that the Astaires have come a long way since leaving their native Omaha. Neb. Future revues will have a hard time equalling The Band Wagon's beauty, charm, imagination...
...been loaned by his descendents. It is uncommon in that the 30 or more pieces are still intact, with the exception of a silver twoquart tankard, which is the exact replica of the one which is mentioned in his original inventory. Chafingdishes, candlesticks, salvers, porringers, a teapot, and a pair of salt-cellars complete the collection...
...result of the race, Warner will pair with Dodge in the double furlong event. Barrie, Foote, Fox and Murphy are holding daily workouts in preparation for a three-mile test race on Saturday, June 13; two distance men will be picked from this group...