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...left his bed and board, James Johnson had pursued her onto street cars and had sent her more flowers and candy than she wanted. Mr. Johnson heard his wife's criticisms with dismay. For himself, he told the court, he loved his wife and desired her return. To this horrid conundrum, Judge Sabath had a neat answer. He gave Mrs. Johnson an injunction to prevent Mr. Johnson from annoying her; to Mr. Johnson he gave permission to send his wife all the candy and flowers he could afford to buy. Next month, if this arrangement does not result in reconciliation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Sabath's Day | 6/4/1928 | See Source »

Peggy Hopkins Joyce, in an English accent and making a coy moue, said "That's for you, horrid man!" as she tossed a glass of champagne upon the front of Erskine Gwynne, foppish nephew of the late Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. The tossing occurred in a Paris cabaret, where Erskine Gwynne and Peggy Joyce were amusing themselves with separate parties. Erskine Gwynne had written an article called "Peggy Hotsprings Choice, Five Times a Bride but Never a Wife." After the tossing, Peggy Joyce and Erskine Gwynne played together in the cabaret and disappeared together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 7, 1928 | 5/7/1928 | See Source »

...Horrid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 30, 1928 | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

...publish again that horrid picture of Clarence W. Barron, someone should speak to you quite sharply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 30, 1928 | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

George Bernard Shaw, author, vegetarian, made a horrid mistake in grammar while instructing people in the use of correct English on his first gramophone record for the Linguaphone Institute in London. He allowed his voice to say: "If what you hear is very disappointing and you feel instinctively 'that must be a horrid man,' you may be quite sure that the speed is wrong. Slow it down until you feel you are listening to an amiable old gentleman of 71 with a rather pleasant Irish voice, then that is me. All other people whom you hear at other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 30, 1928 | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

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