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Margery Allingham, the eighteen-year-old novelist whose first book, "Black'er-chief Dick", published by Doubleday, Page & Company, is a swaggering pirate tale of Restoration England, claims as literary godfather the novelist, William McFee. Since her first publishing venture. "The Wag-tail," a magazine written in a penny exercise book for which McFee was foreign correspondent and eight-year-old Margery managing editor, writer of the editorial, short story, serial, answers to correspondents and advertisements, the older writer has followed her career with friendly interest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JOTS AND TITLES | 10/26/1923 | See Source »

...er Rabbit, of whom the brown cotton bunny is a representation, was suggested years ago by Mr. Gompers' secretary, who detected a decided likeness between Uncle Remus' Br'er Rabbit and her chief. It was the play of wits between Br'er Rabbit and the enemies that sought to corner him that made the secretary think of the mental adroitness of Samuel Gompers in a similar situation. She found the rabbit "human looking, with a glint of knowingness in his eye, an all-pervading air of goodwill, an absence of bitterness in his make-up." So she purchased the cotton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: A Rabbit Keeper | 10/1/1923 | See Source »

Zeno. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will be annoyed to learn that ectoplasm is not taken seriously by the producers of this singular melodrama. In the middle of a second act seance various ectoplasmic entities wander about the darkness sicklied o'er with the pale cast of greenish spotlights. It is subsequently explained that the entities are bogus and controlled by wireless from the next door attic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Sep. 3, 1923 | 9/3/1923 | See Source »

Papal nuncios. They post o'er land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Point With Pride: Jul. 16, 1923 | 7/16/1923 | See Source »

...what about-er-the so-shockingly Gallic pieces? Well, amateurs of the nude have a wide range of choice. Oh quel Nul at the Concert Mayel O Nul at La Luna Rousse, Le Nu Aux Nues at L'Abri, Ca porte aux Nues at the Montparnasse. In fact the American tourist in Paris should not suffer from lack of diverse dramatic fare. All you have to do is pay your money and take your choice, and-especially to one of these nice light comedies by Racine or Corneille-your wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Paris | 6/18/1923 | See Source »

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