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Died. Joseph Pennell, 65, famed etcher and illustrator; in Brooklyn, of pneumonia...
...piano outrageously, even to the extent of landing on the keys in a nose dive while in the throes of a jazz number, and clowns through numerous comedy scenes which owe their hilarity largely to his naive portrayal of the nice young man who "lives at the Y.M.C.A. in Brooklyn." Moreover, he is credited with the direction of the dance numbers, which should in itself be enough honor...
...Dick and Harry shook hands in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. How were they related? (See SCIENCE...
...editor of the Bookman, author of Songs for Parents, The Magic Sea Shell, etc.; to Miss Margaret Petherbridge, cross word puzzle editor of the New York World, co-author of the Simon and Schuster crossword puzzle books, daughter of H. W. Petherbridge, treasurer of the National Licorice Co. of Brooklyn. He and she graduated, in 1919, respectively from Yale and Smith Colleges, and both joined the staff of the World soon afterward. He left the World to edit the Bookman in 1921 and was made a general editorial adviser to its publishers, George H. Doran & Co. last year...
...Dodgers" (Brooklyn) play the " Giants" (New York) ; the " Braves" (Boston) play the " Phillies" (Philadelphia) ; the " Pirates" (Pittsburgh) play the " Cardinals" (St. Louis); the " Cubs" (Chicago) play the " Those, as even the younger generation knows, are the National Leaguers. In the American League, the " Yankees" (New York) met the " Red Sox" (Boston); the " Athletics" (Philadelphia) met the " Senators" (Washington) ; the " Indians" (Cleveland) met the " Tygers" (Detroit); and the " Browns" (St. Louis) met the White Sox" (Chicago...