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...words, the abdicated Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria, sought and gained pardon from the Vicar of Christ for an offense which has estranged the Vatican from Sofia these many years. Humbly presenting himself "as a pilgrim," Ferdinand bent his powerful big-boned frame and kissed the regally extended Papal toe. Pardoned, he wove what spells he might in the Papal ear during the half hour of audience allotted him. Then, with his handsome features wreathed in the smile of one handsomely forgiven, he quitted the Vatican, was smartly saluted by the Papal Guard...
...people do not gather by the fifty thousand to see contests among these animals, eleven on a side. The 69,000 rain-drenched individuals who saw Illinois wallow against Chicago might as well have been watching such a game of porcine poke-belly. Britton's toe and a brace of fumbles gave the mud-match to Illinois...
...this irreverent age of the insubordinate younger generation, the heroic example of one Edda, daughter of Mussolini who would not stir her little toe without her father's consent, smells sweeter than garlic in this naughty world. To complete the incident of her temptation, picture now one Hispano-Suiza whining to be thrown into high gear, an overpoweringly handsome member of the Black Hand or perhaps the Black Shirt Club, and a glorious Italian moon, that is as glorious a moon as moons in Italy may be. But Edda was not seduced by the promise of a wild ride behind...
...women who take a different type of part each week are in no great danger of making a hit in one part and remaining in that role or roles much like it all his life. An actor who can make himself more bow-legged than Greeley Kelley, or can toe in more than Glenn Hunter, is supposed to be successful; but in reality he is merely grotesque. And he has to stay grotesque all his life. Charlie Chaplin is the only exception--he is a real artist...
...invaders outweigh the Blue by about seven pounds per man. Kruez, Pennsylvania's powerful plunger, closely resembles Miller of the University in the way he handles himself. Upon his educated toe may depend the outcome of the battle, for both teams possess attacks capable of sustained marches, and a boot from the field may be the margin of victory...