Three phenomena particularly characterised that metropolitan winter: the reckless rage for private gambling through the mediums of bridge and roulette; the incorporation of a company known as The Inter-County Electric Company, capitalised at a figure calculated to disturb nobody, and, so far, without any avowed specific policy other than that which served to decorate a portion of its charter which otherwise might have remained ornately and comparatively blank; the third phenomenon was the retirement from active affairs of Stanley S. Quarrier, the father of Howard Quarrier, and the election of the son to the presidency of the great Algonquin Loan and Trust Company, with its network system of dependent, subsidiary, and allied corporations.
"The Fighting Chance"
Robert W. Chambers
They are unusually symmetrical when viewed together, the capitals of the lower series being ornately carved, each of a varying design.
"The Cathedrals of Northern France"
Francis Miltoun
The capitals of the pillars are likewise ornamented with highly interesting and ornately sculptured capitals.
"The Cathedrals of Northern France"
Francis Miltoun