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Little swatches of cloth, in gay colors and designs, reached the U. S. last week from Italy, accompanied by such explanations as: " 'Wooden overcoats' for live Fascists the rage this season.'' Some of the samples resembled wool or flannel, others mercerized cotton. All were specimens of Sniafiocco, a textile made from wood pulp and lately developed by engineers of Italy's big Snia Viscosa, makers of artificial silk...
...copies will probably be required for Harvard and Radcliffe, we fear that the neglectful student had better relinquish any vague hopes that on the morning of the exams he will find any of them unprinted. We have heard stories about the student who, armed with a pair of white flannel pants, tried to get a copy of an exam beforehand by sitting on the form. Undoubtedly there are other such legends floating about the College...
...idea behind the establishment being bonhomie and laissez faire. Sinclair Lewis went down from Yale to tend the furnace. Englewood, then as now a tycoons' home ground, took an instant dislike to the Helicon Hallers and their host, who used to go around the town in old corduroys, flannel shirt and sandals. The place burned down one March night in 1907, killing a drunken carpenter. An arson charge was brought against Sinclair, but subsequently dropped. And the New York Press inspired Sinclair's The Brass Check, when it developed the yarn that Helicon Hall had been a "free...
Last night I was privileged to enjoy one of the more enjoyable privileges of being a stage star. I interviewed a handsome blonde editor of the Harvard Lampoon. He was wearing a ravishing blanket effect jacket supported by yards of flannel beneath, and brought up by a train of black and white shoes. Oh, but let me tell you the whole exciting adventure as it happened...
...opening match, Shields, serving wildly, lost the first game. Austin, sleek-haired, wearing ?3 flannel shorts, worked the score to 4-all, then broke Shields's serve, took the set, 6-4. Flustered by an opponent who refused to be stampeded by cannonball serves and occasional blistering volleys, Shields tried to pull his game together, managed to lead, 4-2, in the second set. Thereafter the match was all Austin...