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...tire two known proofs of that lithograph were both in the Modern Museum's show last week. Skillfully composed, The Verdict of the People showed a great beaver-hatted crowd round the courthouse steps of a little Missouri town, cheering election returns read by a linen-jacketed judge...
...avoidable Hell, the Athonites do not always succeed in resisting the prickings of the flesh. Investigator Choukas found overwhelming evidence for the stories he had heard about the perverted tastes of these black-bonneted men of God. Nor was he pleased to find that as regards their bodies, their linen, their tableware, the monks subscribed to an ancient aphorism: ''Who is once washed in Christ needs not to wash again." Author Choukas learned it was better to drink Mount Athos wine than Mount Athos water, which brings on an abdominal bloat. Medical care on the holy mountain turned...
...downtown Manhattan tenement, police found the dead body of John Telga, longtime porter at the Bankers' Club, bankbooks showing deposits of $23,500, a cheap bureau full of expensive linen, a parchment coat of arms. All the gas jets were open but no gas issued. Then someone noticed a note under the door: "Your gas has been shut...
...Times. He began life as a smalltime vaudeville hoofer. During the War his father died, left him a bankrupt laundry. From it Son George built the most successful laundry business in Washington, with 50 gaudy blue-&-gold branch stores on strategic street corners, each blazoning the slogan "Long Live Linen...
Into this scene the lanky, linen-suited figure of Will Rogers, as Judge Priest, blends admirably well. The good judge dispenses juleps as well as justice, and tempers the letter with the spirit of the law. But at length his benevolent reign is threatened by the presence of a political rival in the person of a blustering, sycophantic old ex-senator. Moreover, the family of young Rome, (Tom Brown) objects to his affection for the town school teacher, (Anita Louise) who, though pretty, is not of quality folks. Anita Louise, in this role, reminds one of magnolia blossoms...