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...decided that nothing would be more fitting for the central rotunda than a heroic statue of the Father of His Country. For this they got Congress to vote $5,000, and commissioned U. S. Sculptor Horatio Greenough to carve the figure. Sculptor Greenough promptly went off to the soft Tuscan air of Florence, Italy, where he rented a large studio, enlarged it further, secured a huge block of Carrara marble, sharpened his chisels, and went to work...
...Vanderbilt, Montgomery Ward's Sewell Lee Avery. President of Pullman is David Anderson Crawford, a husky, popular gentleman of 55 who works hard and plays money-golf in the low 80's. During the winter at Chicago's University Club he plays racquets with his friends, using a soft ball. He calls it "pansy racquets...
...stroke of midnight a sleek black limousine rolled up to Annie's alley. Annie and her apples were whisked across town to the Waldorf-Astoria, escorted to a three-room suite. As a tip the bellboy received an apple. The bed was too soft, the nightgown too silky, the gold & rose furnishings too frightening to permit sleep. Annie paced the deep plush carpet. Next morning she climbed into bed for breakfast. The pressagents took her to a Fifth Avenue smartshop. Shrewdly she chose two black gowns, both very simple, very tasteful, very expensive. After lunch, to her great delight...
...bitter disillusionment of the period is brilliantly expressed in the drawing of A Woman by Otto Dix. There is nothing soft or feminine in the face. Her coarse skin and irregular features express suffering, her eyes have seen the horrors of war. The work is a passionate attack on the brutality and stupidity of modern civilization. Just as forceful in its attack but far more humorous is the drawing by George Grosz called "Berlin Cafe" The bourgeoisie of the German capital is satirized with vitriolic fire. Portrayals of the sufferings of the lower classes appear in the prints and drawings...
...Washington and Lincoln. Here is Mr. Farley jumping off the Sinclair boat, there is Hiram Johnson tagging along with Him. Everywhere the fiery G. O. P. denouncing the Democrats' and handouts, to the voters, has seen its rally crowds going out to find the Democrats, and has had to soft-pedal. Perhaps no campaign has ever been so confused, so completely meaningless...