Museum director compares great men to animals and birds
Dr. Frederick A. Lucas of the American Museum of Natural History says great men resemble animals or birds, aligning with Reverend P. S. Henson's view that mankind ranges from ox-like to eagle-like. He cites President Taft as ox-like, Theodore Roosevelt as moon-like, and Alfred Tennyson as bird-like.
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Frederick A. Lucas
American Museum of Natural History
P. 3. Henson
Boston
Ezekiel
Dr. Lucas
Alfred Tennyson
President Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Some Queer Ideas Of China By Edward Alsworth Ross
A critique of The Changing Chinese reviews Ross ascribes to Western bias and contrasts Chinese practices with scientific method. Examples include superstitious beliefs, ritual displays, and misplaced discipline, highlighting alleged inefficiencies and the rise of mass action in China compared with European scientific progress.
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Edward Alsworth Ross
Century Company
Kingdom
Far East
Shantung
Ah Amonies College
Rexall 93 Hair Tonic Promises Hair Growth
Claiming hair loss can be halted Rexall 93 Hair Tonic is offered as a cleansing antiseptic germ killer that nourishes hair roots and reduces dandruff. The ad urges persistence and guarantees satisfaction with two sizes priced 50 cents and 1 dollar at The Rexall Store run by H L Wagher at East Houston and Ave.
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Rexall
H. L. Wagher
East
Houston and
Ave
Gentlemen, Birds, and Editors In Curious Exchange
In a murky glimpse of social manners a note mocks Chinese officials afraid to lose face while guests crowd a reception and American professors amuse with tennis on a North China campus. Detective H K Adair jokes about a famed fiction sleuth as Horace Greeley sparks copy ink antics in the New York Tribune.
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North China University
Ford
Cook
H. K. Adair
Chicago
Mr. Adair
Ike the Tribune
Horace Greeley
Copanies
New York Tribune
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