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Curiously enough, the exemplary, mouselike little Chung-ling Soong turned out to have been getting letters and reading newspapers to some purpose. Her serious, fragile nature (and perhaps the fact that she never uses paint or powder) brought her the love of that high-souled patriotic statesman, the late Dr. Sun Yatsen, "Father of the Chinese Republic...
...never experienced such a comfortable journey, either by train, sea or car, and I thoroughly enjoyed every moment. One can powder one's nose in an airplane as easily as in a dressing room. When I wasn't watching the scenery beneath, I spent most of my time reading or in writing letters...
...bastard metal" element, brittle, reddish white, mined in the free state in Saxony, Bohemia, Cornwall. Bolivia. Its best known use is as bismuth subnitrate, a therapeutic for dyspepsia and diarrhea. Taken internally with water the white powder slowly forms nitric acid, a powerful antiseptic. Its physical properties make it astringent, good for nausea...
Married. William Ziegler Jr., 35, sportsman, President, Royal Baking Powder Co., nephew and adopted son of the late William Ziegler, "baking powder king"; to Helen Martin Murphy, granddaughter of the late U. S. Senator Edward Murphy Jr. of New York; in Manhattan...
...Pont (gunpowder, General Motors, mining, banking, street railways); in Winterthur, Del.; suddenly, of heart failure. He was great-grandson of French economist Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817), monarchist, who in 1799 emigrated to the U. S., where his son, Eleuthere Irenee, founded the since famed family powder factory and wealth. Henry Algernon du Pont, always interested in the Army, was as Lieutenant Colonel in the Civil War awarded Congressional Medal "for extraordinary gallantry"; became (1877) President of Wilmington and Northern Railway; withdrew 20 years later from business to politics and farming...