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...Budapest, Bela Morvay, clown, put mad new touches upon his old familiar act at the Volksgarten Meirkus, convulsed his audience as never before, worked up to a climax where he imitated a man committing suicide by eating white powder from a little paper bag, fell to the ground writhing comically, waved away other clowns who rushed to his assistance, cried, "Let me die!" and did so, grinning. Dismissed, he had failed to find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Sep. 20, 1926 | 9/20/1926 | See Source »

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