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...producing profanity. Rollo Podmarsh is the subject of another reminiscence. Rollo was too good to be happy or play golf or make love or anything, until his small cousin put rum in his arrowroot tea. But then- And Ferdinand Dibble-there was a case-had the heart of a "goof" until his girl booed his opponent on the last tee and he finally won a match. And William Bates, the stolid oaf: it took an insufferable poet and a water hazard to nerve him to propose. And Wallace Chesney with the purple-checked plus-fours; Gladstone Bott, wormcast carom king...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fiction: Apr. 25, 1927 | 4/25/1927 | See Source »

...were spread with the admittedly faked results, To ridicule Mr. Browning and stimulate convulsions corresponding to laughter in the biped organisms to which the Graphic panders, astounding imbecilities were shown issuing from the character's mouths. From Mr. Browning's: "Woof! Woof! Don't be a goof!" From Mrs. Browning's pet African honking goose: "Honk! Honk! It's the bonk!" The Graphic started a "Woof! Woof!" contest-$1 each for "just little nifties" about the Brownings. Specimen: "Woof! Woof! Daddy Browning, real estate operator whose heart is rent." Graphic headlines: "PEACHES'S SHAME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Orgy | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

...ends the first few minutes of what must be the greatest hour in legal history. In this trial the Corrugated Press is doing well by the boys. Jimmie Goof is handling this in his old way. And within three days we hope to have the All-American Sex picked for this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 12/1/1926 | See Source »

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