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...raptly, out over a national network went faint, wavering chirps and trills. It sounded as much like a cricket as like a canary, but that Minnie really sang there was no doubt. After the broadcast a cage was fashioned of glass and cardboard, its bottom strewn with strips of cloth and paper for mousy nesting. Press and newsreel photographers crowded around, snapped perky, self-assured Minnie until midnight. A Chicago hotel matched the Zoo's offer for her. Manager Allred held out for $1,000, hoped to get it from Walt Disney, whose singing mouse escaped few months...
...very fine coating of shellac makes an excellent base. This should be put on the skis with a cloth (not a brush) in order to obtain an absolutely smooth surface...
Some skiers prefer a wax base. The best waxes for this purpose are Ostbye "Klister" or "Skaresmoring." A fine coating should be applied which must be rubbed into the wood with the hand and then rubbed smooth with a cloth. If should be allowed to cool and harden before applying the surface...
...subtle differs from that on the other side. It is hard not to be skeptical about the value of what so resombles childish buffoonery as the admonition issued by a gatekeeper in this play that the invading army must not charge his gate, for it is only made of cloth. If one is appreciative of the super-subtlety of this sort of thing, he will probably enjoy the acting of Clarence Derwent and Constance Carpenter, which is in the same vein...
...counterman, Mr. Durant went down to North Asbury last week to see that all was swept and garnished for the grand opening. According to his nephew Wallace R. Willett, he went through the new concessions "like a whirlwind." Mr. Durant took up a mop in one shop, a dish cloth in another, to show concessionaires his ideas of spotlessness. Next day he departed for his old home town of Flint, Mich, on other business while North Asbury housewives stormed the Market's debut, attracted by Mr. Durant's special lunches at 5? an item, his special offers...