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...Magister," who taught her how to do them. A little girl from Minnesota who had played in stock in Milwaukee, she came to Manhattan and played in The Mark of the Beast. After that, Belasco got her and has had her ever since. Tiger Rose, in 1917, made her very famous; in Kiki, one of the Dean's most profitable ventures, she was a little "midin-ette." Later, she was a part Negress in Lulu Belle. Never married, her engagement has been reported with discouraging frequency; she eats lemons between meals to discourage hoarseness but her voice, nonetheless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 24, 1928 | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

...hung around the post office a great deal, insulting the people who came in, and the postmaster kicked him out twice. Then he got gay with Princeton, and was surprised to find he had a tiger by the tail. But others persuaded last year's editorial board to take the big job of cleaning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FEW FAULTS IN CURRENT LAMPOON, POWEL FINDS | 12/17/1928 | See Source »

Football writers are sentimental artists who enjoy calling things what they are not. Thus they speak of the Princeton team as "Tigers," though no live, wild tiger has been seen near New Jersey for many millions of years and they refer to the team which plays for the University of Nebraska as "Cornhuskers," merely for want of a better name. Last week, Coach Bearg and the Nebraska squad boarded a special train for West Point; on the squad were 34 men, though one of them, Willard Urban, who lost a coin toss to be the last man taken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Football: Dec. 3, 1928 | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

...dangerous Holy Cross eleven will invade the Stadium this afternoon at 2 o'clock to oppose the Crimson in its last home game of the current season. Simultaneously a crippled Yale team will tackle the roaring Princeton Tiger in its Jungletown den, and these two contests will occupy a large part of the attention of the football world; for they will shed the final ray of light on next week's classic in the Yale Bowl...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DANGEROUS HOLY CROSS ELEVEN TO INVADE STADIUM | 11/17/1928 | See Source »

...stage headliner is Ted Lewis, assisted by his band. Fresh from a summer abroad, Lewis has more than his former dose of pomposity. But be that as it may, his music is A1. If you like a good slow beat, suddenly broken up by Tiger Rag or such. Ted Lewis is the man to give it to you. Emphasis on the brass has always been uppermost, both in the band and in Lewis' personality...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 11/15/1928 | See Source »

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