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...victims' coattails and drag them down to get an audience. Glad to say, the reader needs dragging down less than ever. The sharp sound of splitting wood and the dejected back of the vicar plodding homeward remind the Oldest Member of young Chester Meredith, ah yes, poor chap. . . . and so he relates how Chester came within a chip shot of not crashing the course record, simply through a misunderstanding with his best girl about soul-satisfying, putt-producing profanity. Rollo Podmarsh is the subject of another reminiscence. Rollo was too good to be happy or play golf or make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fiction: Apr. 25, 1927 | 4/25/1927 | See Source »

...Still the average student hiring a car is an absolutely dependable chap, and although receiving the expense as bad news, at the end of a trip always is G. K." concluded the obliging agent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students "Driving Themselves" Sometimes Mislay Cars--One Gained $30 Suing Company | 2/3/1927 | See Source »

Then comes the Forecast whom we call the Great Democrat (and the Forecasts have always been democratic). He voluntarily gave up his baronetcy and enter. Forecast Kant-leak Kote, the frst waterproof coal on the market. And he with the help of his advertising manager, a smart young chap named Raliegh, pulled the greatest publicity stunt that the cloak and trade has known, and the Forecast fortune was forthwith made...

Author: By Joe Forecast, | Title: MODESTY DESERTED, JOE REVEALS FAMOUS EXPLOITS OF GREAT MEN IN FORECAST SAGA | 11/6/1926 | See Source »

Sirs: Reading the rules of the game of Babbitt in TIME, July 26, [MISCELLANY, p. 29] we decided to play a game. The first score I claimed was for a redheaded, spatted chap with a muddled face, a monocle and a fancy hat band. I forgot a cane too. My opponent refused to allow the score. We agreed to let you decide the bet-"Was he a Babbitt?" JOHN COWARD...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 9, 1926 | 8/9/1926 | See Source »

Pilot von Orman is a quiet studious chap of 32, an Ohioan, a graduate of the Case School of Applied Science. Ballooning has made him an astute meteorologist. At the Goodyear plant in Akron, where he is employed, his advice is considered invaluable upon whether or not to go fishing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Bennett Trophy | 6/14/1926 | See Source »

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