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...Halleston was hound-marked with tan; the silky white of the pointer Benson of Crombie marked with liver. Snowflake, the Old English sheepdog, looked like a fresh snow drift blanketed with fine blue-grey ash. Only the Pekingese Wu Foo of Kingswere showed no white in its tawny-red fluff. The final judging lasted 20 minutes. Dr. Jarrett watched the six prize-winners as they circled the ring; eyed their carriage, gait and spirit; felt their shoulders, briskets and coats; solemnly pondered his decision...
...love after he has been jilted by another. Follows a period of short-lived happiness, until the husband's actions show him still to love his former fiance. There ensues a struggle for this man by a worthy wife, fighting for her home and life's happiness, against a fluff-minded cocotte (played by Myrna Loy) pursuing the pleasures of the moment. The scenes in which Ina Claire, as the wife, admits failure are richly poignant, and are pervaded by the skill of Miss Claire's portrayal...
...affections multiplied troubles with loyal friends and an ungracious family. Yet invariably out of his greatest despair came his most triumphant works: the Eroica symphony sprang from misery that led him to write his will in Heiligenstadt. This biography succeeds despite irreverent handling of disputed material and much romantic fluff. Beethoven emerges the most distinct character of the three, perhaps the greatest...
Like most people George V and Queen Mary greatly prefer musical comedy to Shakespeare. Last winter directly after His Majesty had been snatched from death, the royal pair went for the fourth time to Rose Marie, very much a bit of charming tinkle and fluff (TIME, Nov. 18). Later Their Majesties went to two or three plays without music. It was not until last week, however, that King George turned, as one eventually does, to Shakespeare and to Hamlet. It was the Bard's birthday (April 23), and Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson was opening an all-star Hamlet...
Another type of cleaning device opens the closed bolls and passes all fibres to a drum with spindles which will pick up only fibres, no trash. The fluff is then pneumatically bagged or loaded, ready to be ginned (have the seeds re-moved...