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...they understand the beauty of our city Who are not connoisseurs of loveliness? For it is not the beauty of gay lights; Nor of swift moving crowds; nor quick young laughter ; Nor of shop-thronged streets; nor the sharp hard clink of money Passing from fist to fist. Rather it is the beauty Of an old, old woman in a black mantilla; Of an old, old woman with unutterable wisdom Behind her wordless reticence; who lights a candle In token of prayer before a faded picture of the Madonna. Or it is humble beauty- A flock of goats tumbling down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Bigger and Better | 7/12/1926 | See Source »

Engaged. Charles H. Swift, vice president of Swift & Co. (meat, glue, fertilizer, gelatin, wool, leather, soap); to Claire Dux, famed Swiss soprano (Metropolitan and Chicago Opera, recently in concert). In Chicago she said: "American men are the loveliest to marry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jun. 21, 1926 | 6/21/1926 | See Source »

Other items on the agenda were: 1) Consideration of the report formulated by Dr. Unden (Sweden) and Viscount Ishii (Japan) on Security. 2) Examination of the proposal (TIME, June 7) by the Preparatory Disarmament Commission that more extensive powers be granted the Council under the League Covenant for bringing swift aid to an attacked state. 3) Inspection of the report of the Council Committee on the vexed question of whether other nations than Germany should be admitted to the Council at the September session. 4) Debate upon a proposal to curtail the supervision now exercised by the League over Hungarian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Slavery | 6/14/1926 | See Source »

...gave the miners in South Wales as a tip to win. It might be Colorado,* the favorite on which a total of some $10,000,000 had been bet because he had recently beaten Coronach, the winter favorite, by five lengths. It might have been Lancegaye. It might be Swift and Sure. It might be Apple Sammy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Derby | 6/14/1926 | See Source »

...four largest agencies are popularly supposed to be J. Walter Thompson Co. (which handles such advertising as Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour, Cream of Wheat, Fleischmann's Yeast, O'Sullivan's Heels, Ed. Pinaud, Royal Baking Powder, Sun-Maid Raisins, Swift & Co., Sloan's Liniment, Welch's Grape Juice) ; N. W. Ayer & Son (which handles such accounts as American Telephone and Telegraph, Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Hire's Root Beer, International Silver Co., National Cash Register, Reynolds Tobacco, Squibb, Steinway Pianos, Victor Talking Machines) ; F. Wallis Armstrong Co. (which has Campbell's soup, Fels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Coalition | 6/14/1926 | See Source »

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