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...grade school, Fred looked like the ideal American boy: he was a straight "A" student, captained his class soccer team, and was popular with both boys and girls. But at home, Fred was a finicky eater, drank only water and nonfat milk, and always went to his room when family friends called. And he was annoyed by his father's suggestion that they join other fathers and sons in neighborhood games...
...Fire-Eater. The man responsible for this Orpheus, as well as for the circus itself, is St. John Terrell, 36, a Chicago-born showman who pronounces his given name "Sinjun," in the English fashion-not because he is English but, as he explains, because he started off his entertainment career as a fire-eater. After kicking around show business from the age of 16 (carnivals, U.S.O., Broadway and summer theater), he decided five years ago to set up a musical tent show. He picked Lambertville (pop. 4,477) because it was far enough from Broadway to avoid competition and near...
...interest in three other music circuses around the country. His plans for Orpheus are ambitious: he hopes to open it on Broadway this winter. One of the hazards: another version of the same operetta planned for this season by Showman Billy Rose (see THEATER), who was never a fire-eater but can be counted on to produce a pretty hot Hades...
...progressives,"as these were called, almost always squealed on their mates. Some of the "rats" or "cheese-eaters" who gave information to the Communists were not "pros"; they tattled for extra food, extra cigarettes. Said one pfc.: "If you insulted a cheese-eater or a pro, you'd be hurtin...
Blowtorch. In Oakland. Calif., firemen put out a fierce blaze in the Y.M.C.A. library after Jim Heckle, a carnival fire-eater, was seized with a coughing fit during a performance...