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...head of practically all industries? The Jew! Who owns our theatres? The Jew! Who writes the plays that are produced? The Jew! Who rides about in automobiles, who revels in the night resorts, who crowds the cafes and fashionable restaurants, who covers himself and his wife with pearls and precious stones...
...peculiar responsibility rests upon these four: to match the tradition of Kneisel, to play upon the instruments of Antonio Stradivari. Felix M. Warburg provided each one with a precious Stradivari, a taut, light, sensitive, beautiful creature that quivers to the slightest vibration of a string, laughs, cries, pleads, cajoles to the mood and art of the musician. These are not things. They are temperaments, identified by their own names for centuries, treasured, loved by the men who have been fortunate to know their richness. The "Titian" was once owned by Efrem Zimbalist. The "Viola Mac Donald" was born...
...Mexico, Honduras, Australia. Geologists reported that the stones had been formed after a petrified forest was prehistorically inundated by volcanic ash and lava. Made bold by successful recent raids on Nevada gold mines, bandits broke into a store of the gems laid away by prospectors, but soon found their precious loot turned to worthless dross in their hands. Softer than most gems, opals must be aged slowly in clay to permit their water to evaporate. Dried too fast, they crack and disintegrate into dust...
...there, eager to crowd about his table. As they poured their wine, he poured his pearls on the table, rubies, emeralds and sapphires. He taught them beauty in gems and they bought for their women. Some began to buy for investment, for he proved how the values of precious stones mount. His son Michael had even a finer genius for matching jewels. Mrs. McKinley, wife of the one time President, loved to come to their store. She would be dressed in a slim-waisted jacket, with leg-of-mutton sleeves, an amiable gentlewoman whom Michael adored. One day she gave...
Ambassador without Portfolio, Will Rogers explains in his own words his widespread activities during the European trip from which he has just returned. The author, like Artemus Ward, is another of those subtle critics of society whose with gives him the precious license to say what he thinks...