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Meantime Judy had been handed over to Falconer's unco guid sister Gertrude and was not having a very happy time of it. Judy had never been told who her real father was or what was wrong with her, but at 13 she had begun to worry. When Falconer arrived in England Judy was whisked off to a farm in the country, where she was made the slavey of an ill-natured old nurse who treated her like a moral leper. When one night in a fit of rage the nurse explained to Judy what a bastard was, told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rise & Decline* | 6/29/1931 | See Source »

...English compatriot, was second with 161 points. Rugger Bill Melhorn of Chicago was third with 160 points. Other scores: Walter Hagen 148 points, Archie Compston 134, Joe Kirkwood 128. "Par" in points was 228. Comparison of the medal (stroke) scores shed but little light on the relative merits of "guid auld" and "scientific" golf. Mitchell equaled the course record of 69; Melhorn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Target Golf | 6/21/1926 | See Source »

...guid yoursel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fauts and Folly | 12/7/1925 | See Source »

RAIN?The United States Marines collaborate with Jeanne Eagels (as a lady who isn't no real lady) to ruin the unco guid-ness of a peevishly pious missionary while tropical rain pours down incessantly on the just and the unjust and shivers chase each other on the audience's spine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Jun. 25, 1923 | 6/25/1923 | See Source »

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