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...American Federation of Labor has a closet well stocked with skeletons. One of them has recently been rattling the door handle with embarrassing persistence. Last week, to the horror of President William Green, the door flew open...
Died. Courtney Ryley Cooper, 53, ex-circus clown, ex-newspaperman, ex-circus pressagent, G-Manly author (10,000 Public Enemies, Here's to Crime), prolific writer for magazines, radio, screen; by his own hand (hanging); in a Manhattan hotel closet...
...underwater, Eskimo-fashion, to how to navigate the Forty-Mile rapid of the Mississagi. The great thing about a foldboat, Mr. Kissner assures us, is that in 15 minutes it can be taken apart, packed in two knapsacks, and stowed in no more impressive a boatyard than the hall closet. It is notable that every article is written with an enthusiasm for the sport so convincing that if the reader has the smallest particle of the watersportman in his nature, he'll immediately make for the nearest body of water, boat on back and book in hand and teach himself...
Stephen Leacock's book, which disregards the question, makes the pleasantest reading. A simple, hopeful act of patriotism, quickly thrown together, it has a nice old man's blandness over skeletons in the imperial closet, a nice old man's bright readiness with encyclopedic information. Told in the manner of a genuinely charming speaker at a banquet of the English-Speaking Union, the book cheerfully describes the Empire as the reward of centuries of unblemished pluck and fair play, and recommends, as a basis for durable peace, a Union of the Empire, France...
...action Miss Kelly manages to appear in a nightgown twice, once in her chemise, with a bathing-suit shot in for good measure. There are numerous bedroom scenes in which Joel McCrea impersonates a mouse, a rat, and a sleep-walker. His hiding places are, respectively, the closet, underneath the bed, and the bathroom. To fill in the dull moments there are a Yoga, an English butler, Cesar Romero, and Mary Boland. Cesar Romero's typical line: "I know what I want and I'm going...