Word: barrette
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. John F. Barrett, 73, longtime Chicago grain trader, member of the Chicago Board of Trade since 1881; in Chicago. He was famed as a weather guesser, basing his guesses on the direction of the prevailing winds on the Catholic prayer & fast days before each solstice & equinox (ember-days). He bet the temperature would not go to zero between Dec. 20, 1930 and March 1, 1931, collected $1,250 from fellow Board members...
With a pace and continuity unusual even among the most capable casts, Fay Bainter, Edith Barrett, George Gaul, and George Baxter keep the audience in an almost constant state of sympathetic suspense throughout the whole play. The characters are four temperamental artists plus a philosophical and Machiavellian old butler. We have always thought the lives of such people were an ideal subject for the playwright. To the conventional member of this work-a-day world, their careers and feelings possess a peculiar fascination. An atmosphere of fairy story illusion pervades all action and this atmosphere provides a desired relief both...
Team B--Lowe, l.e.; Rogers, l.t.; Healey, l.g.; Lockwood, c.; Crane, r.g.; Francisco, r.t.; Cassedy, r.e.; Whitney, q.; Barrett, r.h.b.; Locke, l.h.b.; Waters...
...most important matter that the coaches have been concentrating on is the development and drilling of four blocking backs, so that any member of the quartet may substitute without loss of efficiency for any other. Nevin and Barrett have been selected for the number two backs, and Gleason and Dean for number one positions...
Team A--Nazro, l.e.; Hardy, l.t.; Esterly, l.g.; Casey, c.; Gundlach, r.g.; Bancroft, r.t.; Hageman, r.e.; Wells, q.; Gleason, Dean, f.b.; Nevin, Barrett, r.h.b.; Crickard, Grady, l.h.b...