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Soon the superintendent of the Trinity Building discovered Joseph Fodor, workman, dressed in a blue suit, jumping lippety-lip along the parapets that border the roof. Informed that his daring high kicks, his cool pirouettes, his shocking splits excited the office workers, Joseph Fodor stopped and made this statement: "It was great sport dancing on the edge of things. There can be nothing like it unless it is flying. I should like to fly some time. But I shall dance no more, at least not here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defendant | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

Divorced. Major the Hon. Lionel Hallam Tennyson, grandson of Poet Tennyson and heir of the present Baron Tennyson; from the onetime Clarissa Madeline Georgina Felicity Tennant, niece of the Countess of Oxford and Asquith ("Margot"); at London. The suit was not contested by Mrs. Tennyson. Her husband named as corespondent James Montgomery Beck Jr., of London, son of the onetime Solicitor General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Aug. 8, 1927 | 8/8/1927 | See Source »

...Walter Travis, many times an amateur champion and noted especially for his putting ability, brought the " Schenectady" to fame in 1904 by using one to win the British Amateur Championship. In 1905, the British Golf Association barred centre-shafted clubs from its tournaments. In 1920, the U.S.G.A. followed suit. But, like the forbidden rib-faced mashie, "Schenectadies" are still widely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Golf Reform | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

When the 13 U. S. citizens comprising the original Millspaugh Mission arrived in Teheran, five years ago, each one wisely clapped upon his head a Persian variant of the fez, then put on over his business suit a long, ornate Persian robe. The 100% Persian effect of this costume was only slightly marred in Dr. Millspaugh's own case by his spectacles, his small three-cornered mustache, and the high batwing collar peeping out above his robe. The experts, thus garbed, at once began to grapple with Persians and Persian finance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSIA: Oh, Dr. Millspaugh! | 7/25/1927 | See Source »

...Divorce Suit Denied. Dudley Field Malone, 47, lawyer; by Doris Stevens Malone, writer, economist; in Paris. Said she: "Mr. Malone and I are good friends. We have denied similar rumors before and I deny them again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 25, 1927 | 7/25/1927 | See Source »

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