Word: breakfast
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Just-So Stories?"Old Man Kangaroo" and "Yellow Dog Dingo"?to her two sons. For years Kipling was their favorite and many a long trip was eased by repetitions of the doings of the 'Stute Fish, the Elephant's Child, and Mr. One-Two-Three- Where's-My-Breakfast...
Died. Butcher Matthias Sticz of Kecskemet, Hungary, 506 Ibs., "fattest man in Europe"; by suicide; in Kecskemet. He shot himself because he could no longer afford beef in the quantity (two roasts) which he required at breakfast...
Jonesy. The Jones family has plenty to talk about: Father Jones is temporarily a jobhunter; Son Jones has a visiting boyfriend whose girlfriend has the telephone habit; there is no cereal for breakfast; plumbers are in the bathroom; a risque play has been raided downtown; Son Jones has sold the family car to pay poker debts and is traipsing around after an actress...
...suspicion necessitates the two young people to occupy the same room overnight. The sophisticated musical comedy patron will not become too hopeful over such a situation. As is proper and fitting, the young prince spends an uncomfortable night on the sofa and the climax of the embarrassing situation is breakfast...
There the matter had stood until Easter morning when a large breakfast was given by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beale McLean at "Friendship," their handsome suburban home on the northwest fringe of Washington. To it went, with many another high U. S. official, Vice President Curtis and Mrs. Gann. Mr. Gann also went. He knew that Mr. McLean publishes the Washington Post and the Cincinnati Enquirer; that he was a bosom friend of President Harding; that he had "gone down the line" for Albert Bacon Fall, during the oil scandals; that his wife owns but rarely wears the Hope Diamond...