Word: handlebars
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ever since Japan's Army pushed out pacific little Premier Koki Hirota four months ago and installed a "gold braid" Cabinet of generals and admirals, swashbuckling new Premier General Senjuro Hayashi has been twirling his handlebar mustaches menacingly at Japan's civilian Diet. The Diet's Minseito (majority) and Seiyukai (minority) parties were induced to swallow the largest budget in impoverished Japan's history, $802,400,000, of which more than one-half is earmarked for the Army & Navy. Last month Swashbuckler Hayashi's mustaches stiffened when the Diet finally turned stubborn...
...mother, Lillian Russell, was not even acquainted with Mr. Brady during the bicycle era. As for the vehicle itself, it had a goldplated handlebar with mother-of-pearl grips, no diamonds. The pedals were also goldplated. The bicycle was a gift from the Columbia Bicycle manufacturers in appreciation of the vast amount of publicity they derived from her using their product and because she had purchased so many of them, one for each member of the family. . . . DOROTHY RUSSELL...
...days when halfbacks wore handlebar mustaches and laced their canvas jackets up the front, football rivalry between Yale and Columbia was a fixture of the sport. They played 17 games. Yale won all but the fourth game in 1875, and the one in 1899, when famed Halfback Harold Weekes ran 70 yd. for a touch down that counted five points and won the game...
...wigs. The editors of Life contrived a more childish and practical solution. A page of four photographs called "Whiskerreotypes" in the current issue shows Senator Borah in a Chick Sale goatee. Vice President Garner in a facial fringe that makes him look like President Grant, Postmaster Farley in the handlebar mustachio of an oldtime bar keeper, and New York's onetime Mayor O'Brien in a shovel beard...
...John Gellatly went to court in Manhattan. She was being sued for $660 in back rent. Her estranged husband, a 78-year-old dandy in a blue jacket, flowing red tie and handlebar mustaches, was also present. He is the John Gellatly from whom in 1929 Congress accepted a $4,000,000 art collection-Whistler, La Farge, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, George Inness, John Noble, J. Alden Weir, a fine collection of porcelains and 16th Century jewelry-for the Smithsonian Institution's National Gallery. He used to keep his collection,in a private gallery in Manhattan's arty...