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Catherine was the second of three daughters; her mother was a long-suffering woman who shared her daughters' adoration for their father, a wife-beating drunkard who had brought back a wooden leg from the war. As the children grew up, the eldest became a zealous partner in her father's milk business, but the two younger ones, Catherine and Angele, each dreamed of the boy who was to marry her some day. At last he came, disguised as an old toymaker. Thereafter he appeared in various guises, but he finally turned out to be the long-lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In Flanders Fey | 6/24/1935 | See Source »

...Chicago, to prove her divorce contention that her husband was an habitual drunkard, Mrs. Madeline McCarthy produced in court a photograph of Mr. McCarthy snoring in a bathtub. "Unfair," said Mr. McCarthy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: War | 5/6/1935 | See Source »

With whiskers and side-burns flying merrily in the breeze that tear-jerking, soul-saving mellerdramer of the roaring forties, "The Drunkard" mounts the D. U. stage in handsome form. With a full cast of skilled performers the play blossoms forth in all its noble, rib-tickling splendor, a truly hilarious bit of eighteenth century Americana. Backed by a variety of well designed stage settings the drama runs its solid simple course. The handsome Yale collegian (Robert Reed) meets the fair maiden and before the first act is out they have settled down in the pretty (but mortgaged) cottage...

Author: By S. M. B., | Title: THE D. U. | 3/15/1935 | See Source »

...first of three performances directed by the Delta Upsilon Fraternity, a presentation of "The Drunkard," or "The Fallen Saved," will be given tonight for the special benefit of undergraduates in the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Delta Upsilon Play | 3/14/1935 | See Source »

Five members of the cast of "The Drunkard," a dramatic presentation planned by the D.U. Fraternity, are listed among the present victims. The members have expressed their opinion that the calibre of the performance will be substantially raised by their absence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIVE MEN CURED--FIVE MORE VICTIMS OF MEASLES EPIDEMIC | 3/14/1935 | See Source »

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