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...Squealer. Among the more spirited of Manhattan's antiquarians is Mark Linder; he wrote a play from which lamed Mae West evolved the picturesque excitement of Diamond Lil; now he has scratched up further blood and thunder about San Francisco's underworld, 22 years ago. It is a candid melodrama, of vice rampant and virtue triumphant; yet its most bitter climaxes are meant to be accepted and enjoyed in a somewhat mocking spirit. The audience will gloat, not shiver, when a character says: "I'll get you for this, Logan, if it takes me twenty years...
...year-old Jack Linder who weighed 341 pounds. He was the most honored guest at the garden party given by Thomas M. Farley, political leader of the Fourteenth Assembly District. Mr. Farley's district is full of Jewish, Italian and Irish constituents. All of these have plenty of children and plenty were at Mr. Farley's party last week. As demure and vagrant as fluffy rabbits, the little girls in their white dresses went creeping about the lawns giving vent to small cries. The stags at the party chased them from time to time: there was a regrettable...
...awarded. William Dattner, 12, and Evelyn Williams, 13, received awards for having more freckles than any of the other little children. Eilene and Peggy Goeble, dressed like Gold Dust Twins, got prizes for the most original costume. When it came to choosing the fattest boy at the party, Jack Linder of 1340 Third Avenue* flopped up to the judges to claim...
...Farley's are perhaps the most celebrated in Manhattan. The pre-eminent success of this particular Farley Fête, which produced more congratulatory editorials than Mr. Farley's fierce but successful fight to attain the leadership of his district, could be attributed largely to the admirable Linder. Jealous Republicans, who can give no such parties in Manhattan, scoffingly suggested that the fat boy would have been kept away from the party for fear of frightening the other guests, had it not been for the fact that Mr. Farley, himself a 6-ft. package weighing 190 pounds, likes...
...Cram, Mrs. H. W. Holmes, Mrs. G. M. W. Sprague, and Mrs. A. L. Lowell. Ushers, L. F. Stanley, G. R. Russell, H. G. Wood, Ross; Riford, J. W. Dinkelspiel, R. E. Fanning, E. D. Hamilton, F. W. Dorman, Paul Altman, Carlos del Solar, G. C. Bramble, and Carl Linder...