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Of those present, the persons, staring about them with ennui or enthusiasm were the most absurd. The rabbits crawled about in wire enclosures, their noses twitching with annoyance, their legs dragging in bewildered apathy. The guinea pigs dozed or squeaked with fury. The fowl alone presented a pleasing appearance. Their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Poultry Show | 1/28/1929 | See Source »

Hello, Daddy! Ever since Betty Starbuck was seen partaking in the frivolities of the Garrick Gaieties, there have been those who regarded her as among the most pleasing of sarcastic heroines; yet she never received her due. She does not receive it now, in Hello Daddy!, though with Billy Taylor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 7, 1929 | 1/7/1929 | See Source »

Unfortunately for news purposes it missed being a non-stop flight. Singer Hampton, too, had tried a turn in operetta-first in Madame Pompadour and then in My Princess. She had married profitably-one Jules Brulatour, who has sympathized generously with her operatic ambitions. There was a two years'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: From Movies to Manon | 12/31/1928 | See Source »

More pleasing were the following dedication ceremonies-of a boulder and a monument-at Kitty Hawk, N. C., where man first flew, the gusty 17th of December, 1903.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: International Conference | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

Wave-Riding Romar. Waves, 12 to 16 feet high, curvetted over each other as the huge German Rohrbach seaplane Romar roared over them in fractious test flight last week. The Rotnar alighted, ploughed through the flapping crests, took to the sprayed air again. The test of her seaworthiness was satisfactory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Flights, Flyers: Dec. 24, 1928 | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

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