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...Ford's prolog. Proudly he led Mr. Edison to a building nearby, the inventor's oldtime laboratory, every plank and gadget of which had been brought to Dearborn, Mich., from Menlo Park, N. J. Ruminantly chewing tobacco as he inspected, Edison scuffed the dirt floor with his toe. "Why, Henry's even got that damn New Jersey clay here," he marveled. There later was to be staged the feature performance-Inventor Edison working by oil lamp over his old bench, tinkering with his old tools, fabricating a replica of the first incandescent electric lamp, switching...
Next round Nebraska retaliated, tried a painful toe-twist on Poland. Soon the match grew really ugly. Joyous wrestling fans roared encouragement to both "for-eigners," completely forgot the distinguished presence of Statesman Hughes. Suddenly they remembered with a gasp. Directly in front of the onetime Prime Minister's seat grappling Nebraska got an annihilating hold, tautened mighty muscles and hurled ponderous Poland bodily through the ropes-218 pounds of beef and bone straight at the lap of little Billy Hughes...
...East, railroads run mostly East and West. Mr. Loree shaped a system of which New England is the head, the Appalachian Mountains are the backbone and Virginia the Southern extremity. Thus as he, in his dreams, stepped down the Atlantic Coast, he trod on every big Eastern Rail road toe. But the plan, however original, was regarded last week as a protest rather than as a proposal -a protest against the D. & H. being gobbled up by the giants...
Taps. Nowadays a dancing instructor must be versed in all kinds of dancing. Gone is the cotillion master whose repertoire was complete with the schottische, polka and waltz. To be up-to-date the schools must teach the ballet, the toe-dance, the classical and acrobatic dance, the fox trot, one-step, two-step and waltz and the tap dance. Leading exponent of the latter is Billy Newsome, vaudevillian, onetime teacher for Ned Wayburn, Broadway showgirl trainer. The tap dance is in vogue. "Society," says Tapper Newsome, "is taking it up. I've tutored the Vanderbilts and the Astors...
Master Vizay stands on a raised platform in the dance hall with stick in each hand. At exhibitions of cadet stupidity he knocks his sticks together vigorously, shrills his orders loudly: "Ready! Toe in first position. Point! . . . No! No! No! Stop!" (Knocks sticks together vexedly...