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...menu of the first-class dining room, he reports, is printed in French and intelligible to only two percent of those who use it; while that of the third class, being printed in English, is quite unintelligible to the foreign immigrants. Although the second class menu is not mentioned, it must be concocted of some fearful kind of pigeon English. At any rate the advantage of a proper equipment of French is easily apparent. One at once belongs to the very exclusive group of those who understand what they are ordering. Thus one avoids such an embarrasing faux...
...report also states that the Directors have voted a dividend of 10 percent on cash sales and 8 percent on credit sales for all purchases made during the year by members of the Society...
This morning every collector will receive a letter asking him again to cover his district in an effort to get a 100 percent subscription, which is necessary the $4000 quota is to be filled...
...adapted for spectacular filming, especially as regards the Argentinian episodes, where Ibanez, with his flair for local color, is rather better than when attempting to describe high society in the Ouida vein. A well constructed novel, whose catchy title should lure a large public?not one-tenth-of-one-percent. of durability in its fabric, but very saleable goods for the Autumn trade...
...twenty percent membership which does not use the building for club purposes and to the rest of the University, the Union also has duties that of serving as a common meeting-place and that of serving as an institute of education and interest, the latter of which is accomplished largely by means of a schedule of lectures which has on the whole been of high standard. It may be regretted, however, that the lecturers have not expressed more affirmative rather than merely informative opinions. Whether through chance or through fear that opinions expressed on the platform might be considered...