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...discussing his philanthropies with him not long ago Publisher Curtis remarked cryp- tically: "When I die my friends will be surprised at the size of my fortune." That surprise remained unsprung last week when the Curtis will was filed. His personal estate and his income from his pub- lications he left to his daughter, Mrs. Bok. His stock in the publishing companies (presumed to be controlling interest) he left in care of seven trustees including Mrs. Bok, her sons Gary & Curtis. John C. Martin, Editor Lorimer, and two officers of his companies. The trustees were enjoined not to sell...
...most pleasant contrast, he hopes it would be located next door to some particularly staid establishment, like the Harvard Trust. For those who want beverage without food, however, he has planned his piece de resistance. This is to be a combination of the best features of the English pub or alehouse, and the tavern. Since this would be a vital part of the life of the college, it should have some official sanction. The proprietor would be elected by the graduates, or by representatives of the students and faculty in caucus, or perhaps he should be some sort of self...
...Vagabond is carried away merely by thinking on the possible bliss of mellow afternoons and roistering evenings over the tables of the university pub. In the mild spring twilights, after a long stroll along the river, he would stride obliviously through the bustle of office-workers returning home, choose himself an obscure but well-placed table, order himself a pint of ale, and observe the passers-by with that careless insolence which is proper only to Vagabonds and dowagers. Or perhaps, driving in from a gay, day-long junketing in the newly green countryside, he and she would stop...
...horrid occupation, but a bit better than begging." In Alaska and northern Canada he met many an eccentric adventurer. Dawson Tom was a cardsharp whose favorite dodge for getting free drinks was to produce what looked like a stick of dynamite in a crowded saloon, shout: "Closing time! The pub is going up!" and light the fuse. When the novelty of this trick wore off he substituted a rocket for the nonexplosive "dynamite." Finlander Kid was 103, with hair "over four yards long"; his sledges were pulled by four brown bears to whom he told all his troubles...
...nursery, two small Marryots, Edward and Joe, are feebly pretending to be asleep. A year later, Robert Marryot and Bridges are back from the Boer War. The children, gobbling cake, watch Queen Victoria's funeral from a balcony. By 1908, Bridges and his wife have acquired a pub. Butler Bridges has taken to drinking up the profits and his small daughter Fanny is dancing in the streets. In 1912, Edward Marryot and the daughter of his mother's oldest friend are honeymooning, on the Titanic. In 1914, Joe Marryot is just old enough to get into...