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...Shubert. producer) is dedicated this year, "with special permission of the copyright owner Frank D. Roosevelt," to the Forgotten Man. The Forgotten Man himself, a nondescript in an ill-fitting suit, wearing an undersized brown derby, is presented in the flesh. He is impersonated by foolish-faced Don Barclay, who rises to sing about himself in the opening scene: With hope in his chest And an egg on his "vest- With pride in his glance And a shine on his pants- Uncle Sam needs a man who can take it! Comedian Barclay has little to do throughout the performance save...
...produce in America champagne which would be superior, to the best in Rhine, Burgundy better than that of Macon and of Bordeaux the best in the world. And yet you let yourselves be bullied and bulldozed by cranks and faddists and narrow-minded bigots. . . . I have ordered my bankers (Barclay's Bank, Aldershot) to send you five dollars. And I beg of you to accept my sincere apologies for not attending to this matter before: but I have been extremely busy, and I shall not forget it again. DR. FITZGERALD...
Unlike tennis, contract bridge has no governing body to grade the year's ten best players. Bridge experts, however, have surprisingly unanimous opinions on the matter. Few would have quarreled more than mildly with the ranking, based on play in last year's tournaments, which Shepard Barclay, bridge commentator of the New York Herald Tribune, made last week for the Saturday Evening Post...
...Over-One?Walter J. Black, Inc., $1), in which he explained the Four Horsemen's bidding systems, to "P. Hal Sims . . . Master card player of the world. . . ." To Sidney Lenz and Harold S. ("Mike") Vanderbilt, who played in a few tournaments last year, and a dozen others, Shepard Barclay last week gave "honorable mention...
...that, in its current issue, Physical Culture bears a striking physical resemblance to Red Book and to Hearst's Cosmopolitan. At arm's length the cover design looks, even to Artist Bradshaw Crandell's signature, exactly like the work of Red Book's Artist McClelland Barclay. The contents include the final instalment of Warwick Deeping's serial The Ten Commandments; articles by Will Durant and the Grand Duchess Marie; stories by Grace Perkins (Night Nurse), Harold Bell Wright...