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...Barrie has certainly done his bit for the world of letters; readers, without actually thinking him dead, may well have thought him finished. But now, after nearly 30 years (in which he has written 14 plays but no stories) comes a little Scottish fairy tale as neat as a pin, bright as a button, sentimental as Tommy. Barrie lovers will hail it; it should send readers who do not know him scuttling back to his early works. Adam Yestreen, who tells the tale, is pastor of a little hamlet among the hills, still visited (say some) by ghosts of Prince...
...boxing match by guessing that Harvard would beat Penn State, 46 to 13. It was his 235th contest prize. In 26 years of contests he has won over $2,000 in cash and $500 worth of meerschaum pipes, traveling bags, fountain pens, gold-plated razor, platinum bar pin, imitation pearls, watches, rings, fruit cake and turkey, in limerick, missing last line, humorous anecdote, commodity description, guessing the number of needles or pennies in a jar, jingle, tongue-twister, anagram and punchboard contests. He has won three Funniest-Story-I-Ever-Heard contests with the following: "So you and your father...
...first round Schmeling, fighting slowly and methodically, smacked Walker's face with two swift lefts to the head. Walker tumbled like a nine pin, then bounced to his feet, straining every nerve to cut his big opponent down. In the second round hulking Max Schmeling, to his pained surprise, received a thunderstorm in the stomach. His eye was cut. It was a clean round for the little bulldog...
Though impressive when bellowed with wide open vowels by grown men, the Fascist Party's "Official Shout" looks in print like the bawling of a baby into which someone has stuck a pin: "Ala! Ala!! Alala...
...Margon Corp., makes only eyes, teeth-&-tongues, voices. Most dolls' hair is mohair or artificial silk, but eye lashes are real hair, imported from nuns in certain Italian convents at $8 a pound. Though many a doll is sold naked or equipped merely with a diaper and safety pin, complete wardrobes are available. In Cleveland in 1928 a heavy demand was found for dolls' trousseaux (including evening dresses and ermine wrap) retailing...