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...breechclout, his chest hairless. He is illustrating "How I keep fit at Fifty-Eight." Yet pictures of girls predominate in the periodicals. A favorite female pose is the sway-back with the mons veneris thrown forward. An advertisement by the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (Rosy Cross, Rosicrucians) dis- plays the ansate cross, phallic symbol. Yet the publisher pretends to give highly moral instruction, whereas in reality he salaciously veils salacities. He makes no appeal to the intellect, little to the emotions, almost all to the sensations below the zone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Below the Zone | 11/1/1926 | See Source »

...Micajah McGehee, who stuck a pin in their candle to show whose turn it was to talk; the first Communion of Uncle George's black man, Solomon, who reported that the parson had given him the cup with the words: "Pass de goblet an' say, 'Brethren, jink ye all dis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Non-Fiction | 11/1/1926 | See Source »

...would-be is a has-been now, sport," he replied. "Dis yere," he said, indicating a meek yellow woman by his side, "is another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: May 3, 1926 | 5/3/1926 | See Source »

...year the Faculty voted to reduce the number of subjects to be covered by the examination at the end of the middle year from seven to five. At the same time they voted to assign members of the senior class to tutors who should supervise their work, should dis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GRADUATE SCHOOLS | 4/16/1926 | See Source »

...judgment of dis yeah baby, "1776" is far and away the best Pudding Show since the War. Which war? Why, the Revolution, of course...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Crew Captain and Author of "Deceit" Praises Pudding Show---Goofus, Colonial Saxophone, Intrigues | 4/15/1926 | See Source »

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