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"Pasty or crudely red faces, bulging shiny foreheads . . . rolling chins, fat wrists . . . [these] women are one of the greatest comments on feminine emancipation ever made." Thus, recently, did a presumably emancipated Londoner write to the London Express describing the subjects of portraits by famed Dutch artists, portraits which had appeared...
Twenty hours would be a feat indeed. The present record is 15½ hrs., made by a German. Germans have mounted 2,500 ft., have traveled 42 mi. in gliders. They have glider clubs at practically all universities. Each year the clubs hold a grand rodeo over the rolling hills...
The glider is yanked into a 10 to 15 m. p. h. wind, which supplies lift. Thereafter it is the pilot's job to jockey his plane upon the air currents ascending over the rolling terrain. Air usually rises to twice the height of an obstruction. If the pilot...
Rolling around the Treasury behind an escort of cavalry, Mr. Coolidge and The Chief heard the throat-rasping cheers of early-comers in the stands along the route to the Capitol. The Coolidge silk hat moved up and down in frequent response to this acclamation. The Chief's headpiece...
"His jackets carry a naval trimness in design. His trousers are never creased down the front-a fashion started in the Army, but are pressed at the side and follow the sailor style of an easy rolling effect. . . ."