Word: queene
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week, departing for England on the Queen Mary with the ashes of her dead, Fannie Ward paused on the pier to sob into a microphone: "My friends of America. . . . I'm taking my two loved ones on their last journey . . . and I say this to every mother and father in the world: Don't let your children go in the air unless you want to suffer what I am today...
...gentleman named Jean de Brunhoff ended the adventures of one of the world's most endearing elephants. Jean de Brunhoff was the creator of Babar, the elephant whose life and high times he illustrated in a series of picture books read by children the world over. Babar, his Queen Celeste, his kindly adviser Cornelius, his mischievous little cousin Arthur and his friend the Old Lady, were all invented during bed-time stories told by Artist de Brunhoff to his three little boys. Between 1932 and 1937, five Babar books were published in France, translated into English. A few months...
...prolific writer, Purcell wrote no fewer than fifty dramatic works, chiefly incidental music for plays. Among these compositions is one called the "Faery Queen," which was intended as accompaniment to Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream...
...drink double triple Scotches manage between drinks to solve a kidnapping, a shooting and a poisoning on a Florida estate. In spots very funny; very, very tough throughout. Readers with weak stomachs had better not apply. A condensed version appeared serially in Collier's under the title A Queen's Ransom...
...Englishmen came over on the "Queen Mary" with the rugby team, and will play a graduate team tomorrow. The varsity team will be represented by A. W. Sulloway '37, G. B. Blake '38, F. H. Appleton 3rd '38, H. DeKruif '37, and C. S. Oakman...