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...Kensington Town Hall, then set up as an independent minister at Guild-house in London's Eccleston Square. Possessor of an intellect vastly superior to any Aimee Semple McPherson (see below), Preacher Royden nevertheless employed a modicum of showmanship in uniforming her attendants and herself in berets, trim dark gowns. Plain, somewhat masculine in manner, far from robust since she was born with both hips dislocated, Dr. Royden worked hard putting her intensely personal messages across, retired completely exhausted after every sermon...
Sonja Henie contradicts not only the law of gravity but also the rule that women athletes are physically unsuited for roles as romantic heroines. A trim-figured blonde with brown eyes, plump cheeks, a dimpled smile, she fits with assurance into an anecdote-about a U. S. theatrical manager (Adolphe Menjou) on the lookout for new talent while touring the Alps with his own troupe-of which the chief virtue is the fact that it is not much impaired by interruptions. In addition to Sonja Henie's skating, these include harmonica-tooting by Borrah Minnevitch & band, singing by Leah...
...players will meet at Placid on Tuesday, December 29 which will give them one day to get in trim for the opening encounter in the Olympic Arena on Wednesday evening. The Arena will also be the scene for the two games to be played on the following nights, Friday and Saturday, January...
William Daniel Leahy has served as chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and the Bureau of Navigation, had a hand in framing many a present-day naval policy. Spry and trim, he belies his 61 years, but the seams in his face are eloquent of years at sea. Navy men who admire his prodigious physical endurance swear that they are not exaggerating when they tell how he once stayed on his bridge for six weeks during fleet maneuvers, relaxing only to take short catnaps. When he takes over his new office he will be no stranger to Washington. He maintains...
...these, Chauncey, who, however, marries the half-witted niece of a political boss to advance his career. (The other, John, marries an Australian girl.) Another grandson fails in his attempt to run a farm; another marries, begins practice as a dentist. The oldest granddaughter, Josie. a trim, efficient business girl, is having a secret love affair with her employer, marries him when his wife and daughter are killed in an automobile wreck. A younger granddaughter, Abbey, works as a schoolteacher, becomes a Communist, emigrates to Russia. Her twin brother, Louis, struggles against his homosexual impulses and becomes a school principal...