 | 1917 - 510 lapas
...sole object, but neither is the food, which probably could be got elsewhere cheaper. The object is a repast in surroundings that to people having limited...powers of conversation, or disliking the rival noise, that -give a luxurious pleasure not to be had from eating a silent meal. If music did not pay, it would... | |
 | William Benjamin Hale - 1917 - 346 lapas
...sole object, but neither is the food, which probably could be got cheaper elsewhere. The object is a repast in surroundings that to people having limited...eating a silent meal. If music did not pay it would he given up. If it pays It pays out of the public's pocket. Whether it pays or not the purpose of employing... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance - 1917 - 684 lapas
...particular item which those present are expected to order is not important. * * * If the performance did not pay, it would be given up. If it pays, it pays out of the public's pockets. Whether It pays or not the purpose of employing it Is profit. As all of us who have attended... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents - 1924 - 394 lapas
...no need to construe the statute so narrowly. The defendant's performances are not eleemosynary * * * .If music did not pay it would be given up. If it pays it pays out of the public's profit. Whether it pays or not the purpose of employing it is profit, and that is enough. On the one... | |
 | 1917 - 516 lapas
...sole objec.1, but neither is the food, which probably could be got elsewhere cheaper. The object is a repast in surroundings that to people having limited...powers of conversation, or disliking the rival noise, that give a luxurious pleasure not to be had from eating a silent meal. If music did not pay, it would... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents - 1936 - 1614 lapas
...sole object, but neither is the food, which probably could be got cheaper elsewhere. The object is a repast In surroundings that to people having limited...noise give a luxurious pleasure not to be had from eatinjr a silent meal. If music did not pay it would be given up. If it pays, it pays out of the public's... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents - 1936 - 1578 lapas
...defendant's performances are not eleemosynary. They are n part of the total for which the public pays. If music did not pay it would be given up. If It I«rs it pays out of the public's pocket. Whether it pays or not, the purpose <•( employing it Is... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1947 - 400 lapas
...sole object, but neither is the food, which probably could be got cheaper elsewhere. The object is a repast in surroundings that to people having limited...pleasure not to be had from eating a silent meal. If the music did not pay, it would be given up. If it pays, it pays out of the public's pocket. Whether... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1951 - 106 lapas
...and, in the language of Mr. Justice Holmes, in Herbert \. fihitnlcy Co. i24'i IT. S 591), it gives "a luxurious pleasure not to be had from eating a silent meal." This pleasure is reflected in more liberal snending for food or l-'quor. Thus, the presi'nt-day coin-operated... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1960 - 1674 lapas
...sole object, but neither is the food, which probably could be got cheaper elsewhere. The object is a repast in surroundings that to people having limited powers of conversation, or disliking the rival noises, give a luxurious pleasure not to be had from eating a silent meal. If music did not pay, it... | |
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... a luxurious pleasure not to be had from eating a silent meal. If the music did not pay, it would be given up. If it pays, it pays out of the public's pocket. Whether it pays or not, the purpose of employing it is profit, and that is enough. 
