Word: pigeoning
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...little brothers &; sisters the birds, St. Francis of Assisi used to preach. Dr. Eckstein, more catholic, includes in his audience, besides parrots, canaries, a pigeon and a macaw, cats, rats, three turtles, a Portuguese gardener and a million cockroaches. More modern than the Saint, the Doctor does no preaching, though he talks seriously to mischief-makers now & then...
...little reddish-brown pigeon who, barren herself, kissed the Doctor's hand when he gave her fertile eggs to sit on; the extraordinary story of Joe the gardener working himself into cancer growing flowers and turning stones to bread: such things Author Eckstein depicts with the intense exclusiveness of a Japanese print. The reader, with the Doctor, will wonder what lies beyond his pictures' boundaries -it must be a dazzling landscape in which such sparkling details live...
...untried songs. At her debut in 1917 she sang the first Stravinsky songs ever sung in the U. S. In 1924 when skirts were at knee-length, she caused more talk by appearing in a subdued, trailing gown and singing the songs of an upstart named George Gershwin. More pigeon-plump now than when John Singer Sargent sketched her, she is back again giving U. S. concerts. Already she has sung in Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Scranton. Last week, for the first time in five years, she gave a Manhattan recital...
...untried songs. At her debut in 1917 she sang the first Stravinsky songs ever sung in the U. S. In 1924 when skirts were at knee-length, she caused more talk by appearing in a subdued, trailing gown and singing the songs of an upstart named George Gershwin. More pigeon-plump now than when John Singer Sargent sketched her, she is back again giving U. S. concerts. Already she has sung in Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Scranton. Last week, for the first time in five years, she gave a Manhattan recital...
Groups of Rifle Club members will leave daily except on weekends from Winthrop House to practice at the Woburn range, and teams will be selected on the basis of this practice shooting Clay pigeon traps and a number of pistol butts are also available for use, but the main stress will be laid on rifle shooting...