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...unicorn of fable was a fierce, creature with the head and body of a horse, the hind legs of an antelope, the tail of a lion or horse, a long sharp horn growing from its forehead. In the Authorized Version of the Old Testament unicorns are mentioned four times; in the Revised Version the Hebrew word, R'ēm, is translated "wild ox." During the Middle Ages the belief was prevalent that the savage unicorn was soothed by the sight of a virgin, would approach softly and lay his head in a true virgin's lap. Though this...
...Standard, done to music by Jacques Ibert, with settings by Nicolas Remisoff who designed a park with blue trees and pink water. Ruth Page was an alluring young heroine in leg-of-mutton sleeves and a big straw hat. She danced away fleetly with an elderly merchant because his hind pockets bulged with gold. But at the end she was back with her young lover, whirling in a mad cancan. Chicagoans left the opera house marveling at what Dancer Page had accomplished with a comparatively new troupe, marveling at the courage and energy it required to attempt to emancipate opera...
...uncommon for the female rat to exhibit disapproval of a male rat introduced into her premises. Her attitude towards the male, at such times, is merely defensive?if he approaches her, she rises on her hind legs and utters cries of distress, repelling him with her forepaws...
...seem to have demanded stronger measures from a female rat recently observed. At the same time as her litter was removed, a male was placed in her cage. Immediately she drove him to a corner in the forefront of the cage, where he was obliged to stand on his hind legs and to remain so standing, while she excitedly brought pieces of hay, and, literally, walled him in. The hay was patted in place, to the full height of the cage, so that she might not see him. She herself was totally without bedding ultimately. The state of siege lasted...
Last week it became known that if King George wants to be the only man in the world to own a "British Guiana, 1856, 1¢ magenta," it will cost him no less than $50,000. That is the price now set on the stamp by Philatelist Hind's widow, Mrs. Pascal Costa Scala, who last spring married a monument salesman who called to sell a tombstone for her husband's grave. Mrs. Scala announced last week that she would shortly take her valuable sliver of red paper to London's Royal Philatelic Society where prospective purchasers will have a chance...