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Polo. Alfonso XIII, 40, probably the only living sovereign young enough to ride a pirouetting polo pony, played back, one afternoon, for the polo team of the 65th Lancers against the 7th Hussars. With a potent swipe of the royal mallet he split a polo ball both halves of which rolled over the goal line. By that goal the Lancers...
...Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. operates subways, surface cars, elevated trains, motor busses, taxicabs. There are elevators in its buildings. Its messengers pedal bicycles. Its directors ride horseback, sail boats, drive roadsters. Last week it began operating airplanes. The Company had not only contracted for the airmail route between Philadelphia and Washington, D. C., but undertook a passenger service as well. This seventh link* in the country's airmail chain is 123 miles long, from Philadelphia Navy Yard to Hoover Field. Seven passengers made the first trip, among them Airplane Designer Anthony H. G. Fokker of Holland and New York...
...Chicago, a fast one, to leave at once, immediately. The railroad was astonished, but efficient none the less. A very fast train whisked Mrs. Cyrus Jr. to Chicago in the record time of 16 hours, 55 minutes. Mrs. Cyrus Jr., or her husband, paid $7,037 for the ride. Mrs. McCormick, the only passenger, traveled with a full train crew. She tipped the Pullman conductor $50, the porter $30, a passenger agent $50. And that was all there was to that, except that a lone lady seldom hires a special train, as she would a taxicab, and the newspapers simply...
...Yesterday a freakish stunt, today it is a mode of travel.... One should equally avoid the appearance of mendicancy and that of prosperity . . . don't wait to be invited to ride . . . walk on the wrong side of the road. ... It is bad ethics for a man to ask women motorists for a ride. However, it is permissible to look at them in an interrogative way, and if the ride is then proffered, it would be impolite to refuse...
...Aida" Verdi Overture, "Jubilee" Weber Fantasia, '"Eugen Onegin" Tchaikovsky Boston Saxophone Orchestra. (Abdon F. Laus, Conductor) a. March from "Tannhauser" Wagner b. Fantasia, "Faust" Gounod c. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny Bland-Laus Rumanian Rhapsody Euesco Dance of the Priestesses of Dagon, from "Samson and Delilah" Saint-Saens Ride of the Valkyries Wagner Boston Saxophone Orchestra a. The Lost Chord Sullivan-Laus b. Hawaiian Waltz, "Kilama Wai-lana" Lua-Kaili c. Indian Love Lyric, "Temple Bells" Finden d. Fast asleep in Poppyland (Chinese Story) Gay Ballet of the Hours, from La Gio-conda" Ponchielli Prelude No. 6 Chopin-Jacchia...