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Shack: the four furnished walls and floor of Artist Maclver's home-made cottage on Cape Cod, splayed out flat against a violet void and viewed from above as the driftwood rafts they...
...island, Audubon saw the cross-eyed, hook-nosed face of a horned owl. Up came his fowling piece; he shot, leaped overboard to retrieve the bird. As he waded through the shallows he began sinking in quicksand. The Negroes, cautioning him not to move, braced themselves with oars and driftwood, pulled him out. He lost...
...minded husband, George Palmer Putnam, went to comfort Mrs. Beatrice Noonan. Said he: "I have a hunch they are sitting somewhere on a coral island. . . . Fred's probably out sitting on a rock now catching their dinner with those fishing lines they had aboard. There'll be driftwood to make a fire. . . ." When this failed to cheer Mrs. Noonan, Mr. Putnam snapped: "It's this way. Bee. One of two things have happened. Either they were killed outright-and that must come to all of us sooner or later-or they are alive and will be picked...
...simple remedy is to eliminate this driftwood at the end of the Sophomore year:--after the tutor can tell with reasonable accuracy just what he is up against with each individual. This can be done by a report of the student's interest and capability. Those who wished might dispense of tutorial aid of their own accord, and for men dropped from the ranks of tutees, added courses could be made to fit the bill, and no waste of time would ensue...
...Otis B. Driftwood, social manager of Mrs. Claypool, he has advised his client to further her social aspirations by sponsoring an opera company. Mrs. Claypool gives $200,000 to the director of the company (Siegfried Rumann), who signs up famed Lassparri and his sweetheart, Rosa (Kitty Carlisle). Meanwhile, by mistake, Groucho has signed an unknown tenor, Ricardo Baroni (Allan Jones), who also loves Rosa. Ricardo, his friend Chico, and Harpo, discharged valet of Lassparri, stow away in Groucho's trunk when the opera company sets out for New York from Milan. What follows in the course...