Word: englander
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...could not help but appreciate the editorial from a St. Joseph newspaper that Mr. Wadlow showed me. In substance it mentioned the fact that Lindbergh could not stand the strain of the public and the publicity and, to avoid it, finally went to England where he could be more secluded. But, the editorial added, Lindbergh was not subjected to the same type of public attention that Robert Wadlow is. He (Robert) whenever in public, is gaped at, is always surrounded by people. But with all this, he maintains a pleasant and friendly disposition...
...When today a British statesman [Neville Chamberlain] demands that every problem which lies in the midst of Germany's life interest first should be discussed with England, then I, too, could demand just as well that every British problem first is to be discussed with...
...convenience. . . ." (Few months later they compromised with convention by getting married in a civil ceremony.) Last fortnight they arrived in Manhattan on their first visit to the U. S. Said Esmond Romilly last week: "We came here to get away from a terrible, deathlike atmosphere of depression and hopelessness. England is one of the saddest places in the world...
This candid author was born in England 59 years ago, ran off to the Boer War in 1899, almost died of enteric fever, met Mark Twain on a boat going to England. Mark Twain medicated the convalescent with Tom & Jerries (rum, hot water, cinnamon, eggs), persuaded him to go to the U. S. Jerger did so, got through his medical schooling and internship in Chicago, settled in Waterloo, Ia. Eventually he returned to Chicago and built up a fine surgical practice; but he never forgot that he was a family doctor...
This week the well-worn Providence, R. I. public library offered an unusual exhibition by a gifted man who calls himself a "tramp printer." It will be shown later in New England, Midwest and Far West cities. Containing 768 items, the collection ranges from the classic Oxford Lectern Bible and some 400 other books to waggish menus, from paintings to a "No Trespassing" sign. The "tramp printer" is Bruce Rogers, greatest modern book designer. At 68, a trim, blue-eyed, steady-handed oldster who might pass for a waggish sailing captain, Bruce Rogers is to U. S. book-designing...