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...Bognor village a carpenter stood tip-toe on the counter of a toyshop, nailing shelves to the wall. Glancing casually down under his arm, he was aghast to see his Queen. Her Majesty had just entered with Princess Mary in search of gifts for a charity bazaar. The carpenter, anxious to show respect, tried to doff his cap, but only succeeded in knocking it off. Grabbing for it, he dropped his hammer. The hammer struck his saw, lying on a board, and all crashed to the floor with a great clatter of ironmongery. In an agony of mortification, the carpenter...
Last week in a red brick house on a Washington hilltop a man strove to out-midge the midge in public unimportance. He wanted to hush all mention of his name. The only shadow he wanted to cast was his own wavering outline against the library wall opposite the open fire...
...parade turns into the Red Room, with its hot velvet wall covering and over-stuffed furniture. Conversation dwindles as the Presence is approached...
...Broadway, Manhattan, stands the home bank of Guaranty Trust Co., U. S. billion-dollar bank. At No. 31 Nassau St., Manhattan, stands the home bank of National Bank of Commerce, U. S. almost-billion-dollar bank. Should a ghost with the gift of flitting through walls flit through the rear wall of Guaranty Trust and continue flitting, it would flit through the rear wall of National Bank of Commerce. For these two great U. S. banks stand back to back. Between them they own almost the entire block bounded by Broadway and Nassau, Cedar, Liberty Streets...
...story, which deals with a kosher lamb in Wall Street, is of little moment. It is transcended by a shrewd and faithful character study. The blundering sciolist who looks over mankind's shoulder in the game of life and seeks to direct the play of each card at last has been caught and held by the theatre's three walls. Even the attempt to make him noble has been renounced. He is revealed ridiculous and poignant...