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...year-old Bill McGovern much, except to restock his cornucopia of anecdotes. Starchy Admiral King got indigestion every time Commander McGovern entered the room, his Byronic profile rising proudly above a pair of dandruff-laden shoulders, his uniform scarred with gravy. (In civilian life, McGovern modeled an otter fur hat by a Chinese Lily Dache at a formal dinner.) Once, smoking on Constitution Avenue, McGovern saw King coming. He stuffed the red-hot pipe into his pocket, threw King a salute-and scrambled down the street, his pants catching fire. Says he: "I lived in constant fear of courtmartial...
Endlessly, actors as well as actresses paraded in satins, velvets, delicate lace, period gold & silver brocades. In one scene Actress Roy used 60 yards of diaphanous veils to conceal none of her charms. For three years the Folies bought, rescued, hoarded every scrap of material, fur, feathers and jewelry it could lay its hands...
...have never been able to see it, but I was told by one who should know that fur-fowl is being bred successfully in this state. The fur-fowl is a cross-breed between New Zealand Red Hare and a Buff Orpington Hen. The offspring, which is hatched from an egg, has the head of a hare, with long ears and brown eyes. It has the body of a chicken, and a hare's tail. It walks on two legs, like a chicken, and, in place of wings or forelegs, it has short stubs that swing back and forth...
...fur-fowl is covered with fur, which is very similar to that of a hare, and it eats grain, vegetables and grass. It is especially fond of alfalfa. The eggs that the female fur-fowl lays are soft-shelled like the eggs of a turtle or a snake, but, instead of being round or elliptical in shape, the fur-fowl eggs are hexahedral...
What worries the Fur-fowl Breeders Association of Indiana is that all the eggs laid so far have been sterile...