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...American Federation was obliged to close its convention without his presence, but, nevertheless, reflected him President. Seņor Calles sent to inquire after his health at frequent intervals. Meanwhile, his illness grew. At last, he said: "Take me home." A train was procured and he was hastened to San Antonio, Tex. When he arrived, his condition was critical, although he was helped by coming down to the coast from the high altitudes of the interior. Telegrams were dispatched summoning doctors from Manhattan; his heart was very weak...
...rested in a San Antonio Hotel, there was still good hope for him. Then, in the early hours of a morning, his heart refused any longer to respond to drugs. The doctor in attendance told him that the end was near. He slipped into coma and an hour later he died...
...present member of the Manhattan law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, to be a member of the international committee for the codification of international law. Other members were appointed from Sweden, Italy, Japan, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, China, Germany, Portugal, Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, San Salvador and Argentina. Dr. K. H. L. Hammerskjold, onetime Swedish Premier, was named as Chairman...
...mistress to boot. "The cinema," said he, "needs opera-thumbnail opera. It needs opera to take the place of 'presentations'." Who does not know these presentations? In that uneasy ten minutes which intervenes between the showings of pictures at big cinema theatres in Manhattan, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and countless other U. S. cities, grandiose compounds of scenery, soft lights, dancing, singing, are presented. These purpose to drive home the atmosphere of the feature picture. Hero and heroine, in the film, come together at last in a canoe; in the "presentation," a baritone sings Rocked...
...warning: "For a great many, I fear, the pilgrimage will resolve itself into a de luxe sightseeing tour of Europe. To many it will be an opportunity of visiting the Europe which, to them, is bounded by the boulevards of Paris, Monte Carlo and its gambling hells, Deauville and San Remo; and if they can see a one-piece bathing suit, they will have achieved the summit of European travel. . . . Every mail brings me seductive circulars...