Word: tailors
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...platform of Carnegie Hall, Manhattan, stood a tall Russian. He had sparkling eyes, thin hands, greying hair, a tailor. He was Serge Koussevitzky, new conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, making his Manhattan debut. With uncommon dignity he turned his back on the notable company assembled in that hall, raised his arms. Rank on rank behind him stood, sat, lounged, the many who had come to see whether the Boston Symphony had any chance of regaining the haughty place it held before Dr. Karl Muck went to Fort Oglethorpe under the Espionage act in 1917, whether it were true that...
...Premier George, referring to the Laborites: "They have no more orig- inality than the Chinese tailor who imitates the very patches on a garment...
...father was once a great editor, the son knows not the meaning of pen and paper, but leans rather towards dry goods management. We just couldn't think how Mr. Purdy would get his puppets out of this dilemna. We thought of sending Joe Bagley to a new tailor, and even of sending Kenneth back to Kentucky, but for the life of us we couldn't guess that Kenneth would manage Joe's department store, while Joe wrote the editorials. It's just too wonderful what some authors will do with their characters! Over the whole play there...
...carrier circulation is the back bone of the Sunpapers-delivery directly into the home, not by the glorified newsboy of fiction, but by exclusive carriers, supervised by members of the Sun Route Owners Association, responsible business men who can glorify themselves after working hours and pay a good tailor for the glorification...
...tastes−that is, expensive as compared with the former mode of life. A story is told of a certain high Labor official who is said to have exclaimed during one of the many crises that the Government has faced: 'If I go out, who will pay my tailor...