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...note: "Mr. Rockefeller's attitude is doubtless sincere, but it's not surprising to those who know the influences which surround him, living as he does where literally Satan's seat is, in the home of Alfred E. Smith, of Jimmy Walker and of the Tammany Tiger...
Ownership in Hollywood confines itself to either a pent house or a woman and in "Possessed," now at Loew's State, there is only the more obvious alternative. It is the tale of a full blown tiger lily who leaves the rather shut eye environment of her plowed fields to seek more stately mansions in New York. But she differs from the other members of her calling in that she is quite frank about her purpose. When first she meets her eventual benefactor she asks him, "Are you rich?" to which he replies "Is that all you want, my money...
Towering several inches above him, Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam danced with Edward of Wales at the Derby Ball in Grosvenor House, London. After playing "Home" and "Day by Day," the orchestra burst into "Tiger Rag," a fast foxtrot, then stopped. Leaving the floor H. R. H. was heard to grumble: "We need more like that." Obediently the orchestra struck up again "Tiger Rag" and H. R. H. speedily led Mrs. Putnam back to the floor for another dance. When finally an announcer asked that the guests leave the ballroom for supper, H. R. H. remarked to his partner: "That...
...Wisecracks Convulse Audience," "Crowds Cheer Walker On Street." With these headlines the newspapers record the popular reaction to the examination of the Mayor of New York on charges of graft and incompetence. Apparently the greater part of the people of New York are so accustomed to the Tammany Tiger that they prefer the smell of the beast to clean air. On the basis of such reports it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the average American has less self-respect, as a citizen, than men who live under other democratic governments. With these examples of popular complacence before...
...when, after reluctantly firing Sheriff Farley, he proceeded to appoint a Tammany man as his successor. On that occasion the reformer set out to take Tammany for a ride, but they came back from the ride with the reformer inside, and the smile on the face of the Tiger...