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Show Carvings of Living Men Faces of living men are carved ln stone on the new building of the Imperial Im-perial Chemical industries, nearing completion at Westminster, England. One of the faces is that of the head of the concern. Sir Alfred Mond. All the other carvings are said to be excellent ex-cellent likenesses of many men prominent prom-inent in the chemical world. The sculpture around the building also Includes figures of peacocks, which are said to be there as -a symbol of incorruptibility, following the ancient tradition that the flesh of the peacock is Incorruptible. |