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...Ruth Laeger, sexually precocious at 8, had been raped by a 55-year old grocer when she was 11. At 14 her mother took her into Children's Court for her continued relations with this man. She spent a year in a reformatory, left with a very bad behavior record. She worked as a department store salesgirl, was arrested for stealing merchandise, received a suspended sentence. Two months later she repeated her offense, went to prison. Released on parole, she consorted with thieves, burglars, drug addicts...
Arthur William Bell, Bailiff of Guernsey, cogitated on the bench. "There seems to be no doubt," said Bailiff Bell, "that there has been a direct contravention of the Clameur de Haro. There was risk of a serious breach of the peace by virtue of the accused's behavior. I am obliged, therefore, to fine him the nominal sum of one shilling...
...named Schomberg. Richard Arlen helps 'her to escape from disgusting fates imminent for her on every side. The sordid background Conrad had in his mind, a background in which, at the world's outposts, civilized formulas are stretched so thin that they become a satiric mirror for human behavior, has been changed into decorative and often admirable picture postcards. Best shot: Schomberg throwing the band leader downstairs...
...which in turn was based on two lost plays by Greek Playwright Menander (342-291 B. c.). On Brynos, one of the lesser islands of the Greek Archipelago, lives Chrysis the courtesan, the woman from Andros. She is the scandal of the island, not because of her loose behavior, for she is both dignified and circumspect, but by her "airs and graces." She gives weekly banquets, to which she invites all the most attractive young men: they discuss high matters of philosophy. "She cited often the saying of Plato that the true philosophers are the young men of their...
...either of these books is doubled and tripled by the other. Incidentally, "Ex-Wife" was selected as one of the 50 best examples of good bookmaking for the year 1929-30. Donald Ogden Stewart has contributed handsomely with a take-off on the "New Book of Etiquette"--"Perfect Behavior" and his "Parody Outline of History". And even such an inadequate bibliography as this one would be sadly incomplete without "Is Sex Necessary?" a highly amusing burlesque on everything in general and Mrs. Bertrand Russel in particular; and by all means, the "Censored Mother Goose Rhymes...