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Spitz, now a lanky phlegmatic sophomore, who is studying at New York University to become a dentist, nonchalantly began to remove his overgarments at about the time his rivals began to have serious trouble clearing the bar. He took off his flannel trousers at 6:4, his sweatshirt at 6:5. On his feet he wore shoes of kangaroo skin, made to order, with pin spikes and crepe rubber soles, lighter than those of his confreres. Spectators noticed peculiarities in his style, occasioned by the fact that he learned to high jump without the supervision of an experienced coach...
...datedly emulate mid-Victorian Punch's idea of being funny at Irishmen's expense TIME overlooks the fact that there were no potatoes in Ireland-or anywhere else in Europe-a thousand years ago. Will TIME forgive a slightly nauseated Irishman (Mick, Harp, Turkey, Flannel-mouth, if TIME prefers) if a mild passion for truth makes him a bit insensible to fun-loving TIME'S preference for what it deems to be humor...
...Christian Science Monitor have one editorial policy in common: Neither prints crime news unless there is some extraordinary reason for doing so. Moscow readers unfolded their copies of Izvestia last week and found themselves staring into the sightless eyes of a corpse, a middle-aged grey-bearded corpse in flannel underclothes with a cord and a leather belt knotted tight about his scrawny neck. Below the picture was a caption: "Who Is This...
...yachting cruise, Infantas Beatriz and Maria Christina, daughters of one-time King Alfonso XIII of Spain, landed at the little Irish village of Portaferry. Astonished townsfolk whispered to each other, giggled, pointed to the Infantas' flannel yachting trousers. Infanta Beatriz blushed, tried to hide behind her fiance, Don Alvaro Antonio D'Orleans...
...Lived Next to the Firehouse. This burlesque reaches an eventful climax when a brigade of smoke-eaters, having individually secreted themselves in the home of a igth Century charmer, are roused out by a fire alarm, rush off to the blaze clad in long red-flannel underclothing. Main plot: a group of firemen are enamored of the lady who lives next door, court her privily when her husband (a traveling salesman) is away, are found out and have to explain their activities to their wives. To create atmosphere of the gay '90s, old wheezes are cracked, luxurious mustaches...