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...borough of New York City, hasas populous and bustling an industrial section as any city on this continent, but over its residential district, over drowsing brown stone-fronted streets lingers the breath of a vanished century. Thevchurches on many corners, the winking brass bell knobs on front doors, the window-boxes and plush curtains, all speak of a civic pride that clings anxiously to dwindling incunabula. It is not a matter of tradition, for most of the old families have moved to Manhattan. "Foreigners" and their blowsy women cook goulash and whip children in the houses where 40 years...
...screeching brakes have often wondered that so intelligent a community should be so unheedful of its health, for this corner is not unique in the Cambridge Boston traffic tangled. Time and again the tailor across from the Lampoon has been obliged to remove pieces of automobile from his window and shop. Indeed he is now building new steps to withstand the assaults of duelling autoists. The old ones supported many a truck in its expiring moments. No Sunday passes without leaving its tell of broken glass and bits of nuts and bolts strewn all the way from Arthur's door...
...ethical for physicians to advertise except by a neat name- sign in the window of their residences. Seldom does one see in the public press such cards as: Dr. Lafcadio Schnapps...
Boarding-school boys are often very ingenious. They will work for hours to save themselves ten minutes of routine. Among them an invention has been perfected whereby, when an alarm clock rings, pulleys and weights are set in motion which in turn close a window, turn on a radiator, light an electric light and open drawers. Last week in Wanamaker's store, Manhattan, an inventor stood before a group of newspaper men. Beside him was a washing machine with a bright tube affixed to its side. He raised his hand. The washing machine began to churn. He raised...
...important letters. ¶Mrs. Coolidge autographed a picture of the White House and presented it to a local Presbyterian Church, where it will be auctioned at a bazaar, and the proceeds sent to Persia for the support of missionaries. She also lit two candles in a White House window as a signal for the opening of the sale of "Christmas seals" by the National Tuberculosis Association. ¶ "To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting...