Word: lively
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Tall & Short People. The smallest people in the world are the Negrillos of central Africa and the Aymaras of central South Africa. Almost as short are the Eskimos, Lapps and northern Siberians. They all lack one thing-abundant food. The tallest peoples live along the northern European coasts, along the Baltic, in western Asia, eastern Africa and in the temperate zones of North & South America. Their common possession is abundant food. However there are short peoples (Japanese, Mediterraneans, Central Americans, Fuegians, Malays and southern Asiatics) who have descended from taller stocks and who have an adequate food supply. Because they...
...assemble the St. Bernard dogs, those great spaniels bred to retrieve humans from the Alpine snows just as Newfoundland dogs, another breed of spaniel, retrieve humans from waters. The canons rarely accompany the dogs on rescues. They are Roman Catholic clergy, vowed to poverty, obedience and chastity. They live a monastic life, but technically are not monks. Their servants do the chores around the St. Bernard hospice; and since the 11th Century snow-rescue work has been one of the chores. All was ready for a demonstration for the benefit of the visitors last week. But the visitors were...
...opposite. Mr. Black is a kindly, gentle, fine individual, but as a leader, an up-to-date fellow, a go-getter-why he just doesn't know the first thing about it. At best, the church is standing still. In a growing community like Douglaston we need a live wire. We tried to play ball on this proposition. We offered to take care of him for 18 months. But he became stubborn, showing his inability to realize what is best for the church." The pastor then told why he clung to the little white church where he had preached...
...always successful, and I maintain that it is only right that two discordant personalities be allowed to separate and pursue their own course of life. Every woman has an ideal man of her own conception. Some are fortunate enough to meet him soon in life and to live happily ever after their first trip to the altar. My several marriages are stepping stones in my search for my masculine ideal...
...hurdygurdles, before an old convent I attended, in the glamorous spotlight of the "Follies" under the instruction of Ziegfield, on expensive sets in lavish movies. The cinema has its charm, but after two more pictures I am hidding it adieu. My husband and I are going to Tunis to live, close to the romantic Sahara...