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In an often rowdy business "Mr. Mack," as his players called him, remained a gentleman. Rumor had it that his harshest expletive was a mild "Goodness gracious!" In fact, he could spit out an angry "Damn!" when occasion demanded, and he could stand up verbally to the toughest man on...
The Army had no choice but court-martial, and Billy Mitchell made the most of it. He declared that the U.S. military establishment was obsolete; that the day of armies and navies, as history had known them, was done; that planes would one day fly faster than sound; that the...
There is a notable trend this year toward ecclesiastical do-it-yourself. "Save up to 50%," J. Theodore Cuthbertson Inc. urges readers of Episcopal and Presbyterian magazines, "on Finest Quality Church Vestments with Ready-to-Sew Cut-Out Kits." Hopkins Co. offers Episcopalians a "Once-a-Year Opportunity-only 159...
With the turning of the Autumnal equinox, Frenchmen observed that the cycle of natural events was moving forward as usual. In Nice, on the southern coast, leaves carpeted the countryside with flaming reds and yellows. The streets of picturesque Normandy towns echoed emptily to the sound of native voices and...
In a more scientific study, Professor J. C. Flugel in 1930 compiled The Psychology of Clothes. Among his first conclusions is "in the case of an individual whom we have never met, the clothes he is wearing tells at once something of his sex..." Proceeding from such sound observations, he...