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...critical outcry, found an explanation in this quip. John S. Sumner is not in Who's Who but no man of 50 with an undistinguished record ever had a better chance to get there eventually. He, in this day of homosexual theatre, is the undisputed heir of Anthony Comstock, professional vice warrior...
...second arrest was brought about by that primate of prudence, Anthony Comstock, whose vestments Reformer Sumner inherits. Mr. Comstock only succeeded in causing the Macfadden beauty show of 1905 to attract mobs that nearly burst Madison Square Garden. It was still an affair of tights?a source, perhaps, of some of the rancor in Mr. Macfadden's charges of fraud (which brought him libel suits totaling four millions) against the 1926 beauty contest at Atlantic City, held with scant emphasis on costume, by eminent bankers and businessmen...
...Comstock of Minnesota, has just regained the national coffee-drinking championship downing 85 cupfulls in seven hours and a quarter. The pride of his state, he is not the first to find the alimentary canal a passage to fame. The ability to swallow the unusual has always commanded the admiration of mankind. Probably the interest in this kind of performance arises form the complete universality of its equipment. All of us dabble in the art to some extent, and even a man who has only choked on a fishbone can appreciate the greatness of one who has swallowed a sword...
...patronesses will include Dean Bernice V. Brown and President A. S. Comstock of Radcliffe...
...Shelton Jr. 22 C Entry--F. V. Nissen 32 JAMES SMITH A Entry--R. H. Clapp 42 B Entry--I. M. Chase 41 C Entry--F. F. Carey 22 PERSIS SMITH A Entry--P. H. Clark Jr. 33 B Entry--R. A. Hooper 51 C Entry--C. N. Comstock 42 LITTLE HALL 2nd and 3rd Floors--R. E. Savary 18 4th Floor--E. J. Davis 37 SHEPAERD 1-11--P. W. Karr 6 12-21--W. C. Hines 21a McKINLOCK A Entry--R. R. Dickey 33 B Entry--Waldo Howland 24 C Entry--W. M. Randol 23 D Entry...