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...tariff bill, carefully elaborated in advance by members of the Government, was introduced in Parliament by Mr. Bennett, passed swiftly over bitter but impotent Liberal objections, and next morning was law of the land-as U. S. exporters found out to their cost. Hokum. In the well tailored breast pocket of dignified Conservative Bennett is one bulging bit of hokum. Time and again he has accused his Liberal predecessor, ex-Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, of "pusillanimously permitting Washington to write our tariff act!" Matter of fact, under Mr. King, the Canadian tariff was an automatically sliding scale...
Architect Joseph Freedlander (Museum of the City of New York, Municipal Building, White Plains, N. Y.) returned to Manhattan from Europe last week with a million-dollar plan in his pocket for a project such as few U. S. architects are ever given...
...first of the national advertisements "Chic" Sale philosophized on the rich and poor. Said he: "Well, sir, as long as you are happy, I guess it don't matter where you are. A little tin box of chocolate tablets fits in the pockets of your overalls or it fits in the pocket of your fine longtail dinner coat. That settles it." And the copy continued on the theme: "Happiness isn't a matter of location?you've got to carry it with...
...individuality. Like Auer his dominant traits are sweetness and a gentle, kindly humor. Like Josef Hofmann, Albert Spalding, Mischa Elman, Alfred Hertz, Pablo Casals, Maria Jeritza and many another famed musician, he is a brilliant chess-player. In San Francisco he used to carry a little chessboard in his pocket. It was no unusual sight to see him take it out on a trolley car, set up a game...
...verge of isolating pancreas hormone (insulin) which promised to be the best treatment (possibly the cure) for diabetes. He needed laboratory facilities and opportunities for clinical experiment. Professor MacLeod secured him a lectureship in pharmacology at the University of Toronto (pay $1,000 yearly). For pocket money Dr. Banting cut out tonsils...