Word: carlsen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Daily the women gather at the pump to fetch water-and to discuss the myriad affairs of the small town, for in a town where only Blacksmith Carlsen and the Postmaster are religious, there is plenty to discuss. The parson may be busy enough christening and confirming, but like as not the christened child has no right to the name, the confirmed is no longer the virgin she should be. There was always a new suspicious twist in the affairs of the carpenter, the fishermen, the doctor, the pompous Consul. And Oliver, swashbuckling sailor returned legless from a storm...
This year's jury was composed of Paul Albert Besnard (TIME, April 28), famed French painter, who is represented by his unalluring Green Lady; A. J. Munnings, of London, who has several shiney horse pictures; Emil Carlsen of New York; and "Hogarth, Jr."-real name Rockwell Kent (TIME, April 28) of Arlington...