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...gave a party. Knowing that the object of the Horrible Hemingways is to insult, dis tress, embarrass and in all ways annoy one's acquaintances as much as possible, he had the floor waxed so smooth that no one could stand up. He was elected. His daughter-in-law and granddaughter are also members...
Uncle Remus. "All I did was to write out and put in print the stories I had heard all my life.'1 Because of this statement, ascribed to the late Joel ("Uncle Remus") Chandler Harris by his daughter-in-law last week, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. contended that Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit and their friends were products of "the indigenous folklore of Southern negroes for many generations back." The contention was important, for $10,000,000 hangs upon the Court's decision as to whether or not. recent Coca-Cola advertisements featuring Brer Fox et al. have infringed...
...Daughter-in-Law Margretta Stroop Austin has been in Russia for some 14 months with Son Allan Stewart Austin, 26, who is Supervising Engineer of City Construction at New Nijni-Novgorod ("Austingrad...
When Mr. Murphy (Arthur Sinclair of Mr. Gilhooley) arrives in the U. S. things begin humming. He embarrasses his daughter-in-law by attacking the English butler with a shoe, consorts with the shanty Irish in the Patch. He is delighted to attend a bountiful wake where "they were carrying the food away in bags, whiskey flowed like water and everybody was praying like the Twelve Apostles." Mr. Murphy, whose voice another character describes as sounding "like His Holiness himself over the radio," succeeds in rounding up the Irish vote for his son, straightening out the affairs of his Americanized...
...decorations will include a ceiling with large beams and a wooden floor done in Florentine style. A genuine antique Italian fireplace has been purchased and will soon be installed. As the gift of Mrs. F. B. Browning, daughter-in-law of the poet, a large carved sideboard in Italian style will be placed in the room to carry out the effect. As Professor Baxter explained, the chairs and lounges will not be of the straight-backed Italian type, but large and comfortable with Florentine fabrics...