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Because of the vaselike construction of her pelvic bones, a woman, moving on her legs, must inevitably waddle. Some, as a result of careful rehearsal or athletic exercise, achieve a grace in waddling; almost none manage to run. In San Francisco a fortnight ago Miss Wanda Danley equaled the female world's record for a 100-yard dash ?11 2/5 seconds. This phenomenal pace could be equaled or eclipsed by almost any lean-shanked prep-school lad who is accounted a runner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waddle | 9/28/1925 | See Source »

Unbashed by the stir he had caused in Washington, Colonel Mitchell invited other airman stationed with him in Texas to spend the weekend on a wolf hunt south of San Antonio-a region where the wolves have been annoying cattlemen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Mitchell | 9/21/1925 | See Source »

Governor Smith, in answer to a published letter from Mr. Hearst from San Simeon, Calif.: "Mr. Hearst's entire statement is a lie and I will prove it. He says that '. attacked the Mayor as a Ku Kluxer. That is a wicked, premeditated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Father Knickerbocker | 9/14/1925 | See Source »

...Author. Gertrude Horn, great-grandniece of Benjamin Franklin, was born in San Francisco. She married and was widowed young ("one of the most important incidents of my school life"). She wrote travel books with the aid of a geography and claims the introduction to fiction of San Francisco's social life. It is her pride and habit to be "up" on things, especially international politics and psychology, which she discusses in a manner highly stimulating to the notables that throng her Manhattan apartment-salon. At the moment she is traveling in England where she has long been regarded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ductless Patter* | 9/14/1925 | See Source »

Among the leading 12 U. S. cities, Boston alone showed a slight increase. No change was apparent in Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and St. Louis during the past year. But in Buffalo, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco, the trend toward lower rents was unmistakable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Rents | 9/14/1925 | See Source »

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