Word: courtships
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Nearly all of the 21 stories in Men of the Mountains are self-consciously rural, but nearly all are good. Some are simple drawls picked up around the place-a pig that sucked cows and escaped butchery for a vaudeville career, a 14-year courtship trustrated by moonshine, an unbeatable corn-hoer who had a mania for stealing brass. Others are extravagant part-inventions: a politician who uses both wings of a feud to win an election; a sad comedy about a one-eyed man whose girl two-timed him. Some of the best are merely rich descriptions of farm...
...shipments of planes and plane equipment to Russia. Physical effect: none; as Britain has first and full call on all planes. Diplomatic effect: plenty; as a continuation of mutual efforts to remove points of irritation between the two nations, and as a small move in the vast power-politics courtship of Russia by both Axes...
Another nephew (Allyn Joslyn) is an innocent dramatic critic engaged in a fine, sane courtship with the minister's daughter who lives next door. When she runs home for family prayers before going to the theatre with him, he reminds her that "if the prayer isn't too long I'd have time to lead you beside distilled waters." But that same evening he discovers the evidence of his aunts' latest charity in the window seat, awaiting burial. And that evening also marks the dreadful homecoming of a third nephew, an international killer, bringing with...
Lily Pons divorced Husband Mesritz seven years ago in France. She announced her engagement to a surgeon from Hamburg, Germany, but nothing came of that betrothal. The name of Mme. Pons began to be obbligatoed by that of balding, businesslike, Russian-born Mr. Kostelanetz. Lengthy was Kosty's courtship, during which he crossed the continent so often that U. S. airlines gave him a silver mug as their No. 1 passenger. He also dispatched to Singer Pons, in Hollywood, a 300-lb. piano...
...fell in love with the Sultan as soon as I saw him," cooed Miss Mendl. The lightning courtship of Miss Mendl lasted just twelve days, during which time the Sultan continued to pay occasional visits to the bereaved parents of Miss Hill in efforts to cheer them up. Then last week he put on his khaki and gold uniform as Colonel Commandant of the Johore Military Forces and marched into Caxton Hall Registry Office to marry Miss Mendl. She turned up in silver fox and orchids, wearing a diamond brooch in which the Crown of Johore was flanked...