Word: mr
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...marrying so long that when he finally falls in love, it is with a girl who might be his daughter; he delays proposing to her so long that she is wooed and married by his nephew before he has even heaved a deep sigh. But the minute Mr. Wheaton's poisoned sugarplum comes along, Uncle Tim gets his back up. He succeeds in keeping it away from the hungry village, and if he isn't happy in the end-well, a slowpoke can't have everything...
...interest. Contribution to the more orthodox art exhibits has been made by Harvard's Fogg Museum, and Langdon Warner, Curator of the Oriental Department, has been made Director of Fine Arts in the Fair's "Division of Pacific Cultures." Just back from a year's travel in the Orient, Mr. Warner has so organized the display of Pacific culture as to bring considerable comment--not only because of its grand scale, but also because of its ingenuity of arrangement and high artistic quality...
...number of loans have been made. Prominent are two fragments of fresco from a cave at Tun Huang in Western China:--a Head of a Bodhisattva, and Three Old Men. These two paintings have that strange, unmistakable violet hue which results when the flesh tints have faded. From Mr. Warner's own collection a number of items are being displayed. In addition to a Japanese priest's mask and two gilt bronzes, there is a T'and painting (or print) of the priest Hsuan Tsang, carrying on his back the Holy Books that brought Buddhism to China. It is interesting...
...Mr. Roosevelt will participate in the meeting as will Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins. He is expected to reiterate the appeal he made a week ago to CIO President John L. Lewis and Federation President William Green--that the warring labor factions sign a peace pact and unify under one banner for the common good of the people and the country...
...Mr. Garfield is convincing as a "tough" prize-fighter, but the picture is melodramatic and uninspired. Fleeing to Arizona to escape conviction for a murder of which he is innocent, the fighter meets the Dead End Kids, May Robson, and a blonde, who manage to revive the clean American spirit in him. Mr. Garfield's acting and the Kids' wisecracking do not prevent the picture from being overlong and overdone...