The National Geographic Magazine, Volumen 27

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National Geographic Society, 1915
Indexes kept up to date with supplements.

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Página 24 - And the night-rack came rolling up ragged and brown. But men must work, and women must weep, Though storms be sudden, and waters deep, And the harbor bar be moaning.
Página 224 - And they are connected with the notes I made in my travels and often necessary to explain them to myself. I will beg your care of them and to return them when no longer useful to you...
Página 224 - Having communicated to the President, before he went away, such general ideas on the subject of the Town, as occurred to me, I make no doubt that, in explaining himself to you on the subject, he has interwoven with his own ideas, such of mine as he approved: for fear of repeating therefore, what he did not approve, and having more confidence in the unbiassed state of his mind, than in my own, I avoid interfering with what he may have expressed to you.
Página 69 - ... while water runs and grass grows," he later found himself pushed beyond that boundary line, negotiated with again, and then set down upon a reservation, half captive, half protege. What could an Indian, simple thinking and direct of mind, make of all this?
Página 315 - Magazine are continually used in schoolrooms, homes, and libraries. "4. All personalities and notes of a trivial character are avoided. "5. Nothing of a partisan or controversial character is printed. "6. Only what is of a kindly nature is printed about any country or people, everything unpleasant or unduly critical being avoided.
Página 104 - Caruso — his own magnificent voice, with all the wonderful power and beauty of tone that make him the greatest of all tenors. Every one of the hundred and twenty Caruso records brings you not only his art, but his personality.
Página 218 - AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One Policy One System Universal Service WRITE MOVING PICTURE PLAYS WANTED— AN IDEA ! WHO CAN THINK OF SOME , . Constant dam*nd.
Página 429 - Line we now talk from one end of this country to the other, while in Europe the longest conversation is no farther than from New York to Atlanta, and even that depends on the imperfect co-operation of unrelated systems. Europe, with twenty-five countries and many different languages, serves as an illuminating contrast to the United States, with one language and a homogeneous people, despite the fact that our population has been derived from all parts of the world. During the last forty years the...
Página 104 - The aim of the Bell System is to make the telephone of the utmost usefulness. This requires an army of loyal men and women, inspired by a leadership having a high sense of its obligations to the public. Animated by the spirit of service, and unhampered by red tape, the...
Página 318 - The proof is in the hearing. Any Victor dealer in any city in the world will gladly play for you Victor Records by Caruso or any other of the world's greatest artists.

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