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Correct is Reader O'Keeffe. Of Patriarch Young's 27 wives, he married 19 in five years. On more than one occasion he married two on the same day and on Jan. 21, 1846, wed four, one pair before lunch, one pair after. Mormon Young's original favorite wife, Emmeline Free Young, bore him ten children. In the Young menage, three children were once born the same month, two the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 24, 1936 | 8/24/1936 | See Source »

...extraordinary piece of writing, The Moon's No Fool is a bold, imaginative flight, but one that seems headed in all directions at once. No reader can be sure his analysis of Mr. Matthews' meaning is the right one, that Mr. Matthews himself was always certain how his myth-sermon would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Indirect Nightmare | 8/24/1936 | See Source »

...Right is Reader Barker. Concluded last week, the Newport Hospital Benefit Fair's male beauty race, decided by ballots costing 5? each, went to Nathaniel Peter Hill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 17, 1936 | 8/17/1936 | See Source »

Dogman Terhune had published in the August issue of Reader's Digest a brief essay entitled "Beware of the Dog" which consisted mainly of advice on how to avoid being bitten. A dog which comes up with high head and loud barks, observed Mr. Terhune, does not intend to bite. If the animal approaches with head down and low growls, it probably means to bite but will frequently be too puzzled to do so if the person stands with feet together and hands on chest. That dogs are inclined to attack people who are afraid of them Author Terhune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Dogman Damned | 8/17/1936 | See Source »

...bell at 7 a. m. A prefect awakened each with "Let us bless the Lord," to which the correct reply was: "And give thanks to God." Followed Angelus, meditation, Mass, prayers and breakfast. At this and other meals, excellently cooked and served by nine buxom German nuns, a meditation reader read briefly. When he exclaimed "Prosit!" general conversation was in order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Golden Hours | 8/17/1936 | See Source »

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