Word: fabian
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...honor Britain's great Imperial Poet, the third man in the 20th Century to be buried in the Poets' Corner of the Abbey,* the pallbearers included Kipling's cousin. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, Field Marshal Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd, Major General Sir Fabian Ware. the Morning Post's Editor H. A. Gwynne. Then to the Abbey floor was added a plain stone inscribed, "RUDYARD KIPLING...
...major events of Shaw's career, does not point out the significance of his victories over one after another of his rivals. When William Archer agreed to collaborate with him on a play, Shaw wrote the dialog, then dispensed with Archer's part. When Wells, accusing the Fabian Society of aping Shaw and failing in its duties, offered a program for changing it. Shaw delivered a speech so vigorous that Wells "was left stricken on the field" and resigned from the Fabians...
...Harbor last week to meet the incoming Swedish American Gripsholm. One was stocky, red-faced James ("Jimmie") Lanehart of the New York Journal, the other tall, lean David ("Dave") Davidson of the New York Post. Bored with what seemed to be routine assignments, they first sought out Swedish Admiral Fabian Tamm, listened politely while he claimed that his was a peaceful nation. From peaceful Admiral Tamm they went to Gertrud Wettergren, sleek, dark-haired Swedish contralto who is shortly to make her debut at the Metropolitan Opera. Mme Wettergren was nervously crossing her fingers, knocking on wood. Perfunctorily the reporters...
...stage show in general is rather poor, although Gaby and a male tap-dancing trio put on rather interesting acts. Fabian Sevitsky's "impression" is up to its usual standard...
...Received with high approval and respect a plea in behalf of Britons now in jail for debt from the 1st Baron Snell, an eminent Fabian Socialist whose parents were farm laborers and who relates in Who's Who that he has worked as a "groom, ferryman and potman...