Word: demonism
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Drugstore Demon. Harold's first job was in an Altoona drugstore, where he one day "dispensed laudanum for paregoric," nearly died from the fright of his mistake. In 1890 he shifted to his uncle's drugstore in Chicago and saw a new world he despised. "The 'filthy rich' drove behind high-stepping horses drawing ornate equipages from which tall-hatted coachmen and footmen surveyed their surroundings with a truly devastating scorn." For three years Harold Ickes glared at "the intangible ingredients out of which a careful architect was to build a robust curmudgeonly character." He learned...
...circle of Marines clustered about one of the lads who had a reputation for being a demon with the gals. These, he said, were letters from his Number One girl. 'That's the only dame he could never make,' said one of his admirers good-naturedly. 'He wants to MARRY her!' The Sheik only chuckled. 'F- you, Mac,' he said, indulging in the Marines' favorite word. 'The trouble with you is you never met a virgin...
Defensively, where the rinksters really shine, Captain Johnny Paine and Dick Mechem have their posts sewed up as tightly as a new priority girdle. Goodie Harding, a demon in the cage, will don the pads this afternoon...
...YOUR PICTURE OF GROTESQUELY PAINTED "DEMON MASKS" (TIME, NOV. 9) NEGLECTED TO SAY THAT IT WAS TAKEN AT THE TEXAS PLANT OF NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION. AS ONE OF ITS WORKERS I KNOW THAT NORTH AMERICAN IS LIVING UP TO ITS MOTTO "TO KEEP 'EM FLYING GET 'EM BUILT...
...bench last week. If he recuperated enough, he may try to pull the same trick on the Crimson which Savage pulled on the Crusaders last week. Bruce Remick, another fast runner, fills out the lineup of the regular Brown backfield. Jay Pattee, a blocking back of note, is a demon at kicking points after touchdown...