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...published her first book, The Tramping Methodist, when she was 20 (she is now 43). Industrious, she has written 22 books, has eschewed London literary society. Shingle-headed, thin, quiet, with deep-set eyes, she is serious-minded but human. Seven years ago she married Rev. Theodore Penrose Fry, parson of the local parish. Five years later both were converted to Roman Catholicism; her husband gave up the ministry. They now live in a Sussex oast-house (hop-drying kiln). Other-books: Sussex Gorse, Green Apple Harvest, Joanna Godden, Joanna Godden Married, The Village Doctor, Shepherds in Sackcloth...
Adam Barfood was as sturdy as his name. Son of a Holstein village carpenter, he grew up to be as rugged as his father, and, hoping there was something significant in his parentage, determined to be a parson. But he was so interested in people and such a good mixer he had a hard time passing his examinations. No parson of doubtful sex, when he got married it was to a girl with fire...
...Author. Gustav Frenssen, himself a onetime parson, son of a carpenter, resigned his pastorate, but not his profession, in 1902 to write homiletic novels. His manner of writing may seem at first simpleminded, but its energy and innocence grow on you: The Pastor of Poggsee is as good as good bread. Discriminating U. S. readers know Frenssen particularly by one other (translated) book: Jorn...
...song. Across the street from the church were two grievous eyesores: a Church of England edifice placarded with snappy ads for religion, and the Garden of Eden dance hall. Of the two, the Garden of Eden was slightly more offensive to the Catholic priest. Father Malachy, meeting the Anglican parson on the street and becoming involved in theological argument, became so annoyed that he promised to perform a miracle: he would cause the Garden of Eden to be transported wherever the Anglican parson wished, at precisely 11:30 the following night. Next evening they met; the parson chose Bass Rock...
Under the management of Mr. Parson, Woolworth's stores and sales have in creased steadily. Yet the profit from the U. S. stores has dropped during the past four years, with net income being held at a fairly stable figure only by increased "income from securities owned," "interest received," and "undistributed earnings of subsidiaries." How the increased "in come from securities owned" has bolstered up the Woolworth net is shown in the table below...