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...onetime butcher boy, began his career in 1914 at N. E. A.'s Chicago office where he inked in comic drawings for $18 a week. Soon he conceived a comic of his own, called it "Auto Otto," followed it with "Squirrel Food," "Ain't Nature Wonderful," "Crazy Quilt." In 1921 N. E. A.'s General Manager Frank Rostock suggested that Ahern draw a feature laid in a boarding house. Ahern went to work, produced Mrs. Martha Hoople and her needle-nosed, cynical Boarders Clyde and Mac. After a few months a new character was needed...
...conflicting political-fashion reports than any other country in the world. Patterns brought back from the Red Style Centre by contemptuous or delighted buyers have differed hugely; most seemed to have been cut on the bias. Superimposed or pieced together, however ingeniously, they made little better than a crazy quilt. But last week appeared a pattern of the U.S.S.R. that was no piecemeal snippet but cut out of whole cloth. As all political tailors knew, it was the painstakingly honest work of an old reliable firm: Webb & Webb. Readers of Soviet Communism: A New Civilisation? might not like the pattern...
...Mama Every Night, Without a Song. After he became Comedienne Fanny Brice's third husband in 1929, he was spurred on to greater feats to keep his personality independent of his wife's fame. He produced a razzle-dazzle revue called Crazy Quilt, toured the country with it and, under the pressure of terrific ballyhoo, made himself a quarter of a million dollars. Then, says Billy Rose, "One day I discovered that there was a show called the circus which had a daily overhead of $18,000 and still managed to make a profit of about...
...other picture, is a piece of sentimental trash. Supposedly concerning the life of Stephen Foster, this picture should receive applause only from the most susceptible tearjerker addicts. Studded with an incompetent cast headed by Douglass Montgomery and Evelyn Venable, directed with incredible stupidity, and put together like a patchwork quilt, the movie was almost enough to make this Spartan reviewer join the chorus of groans coming from some neighbors in the aisle. Even Foster's magnificent folk-songs--and this is the crowning infamy--were rendered wretchedly. After seeing "Harmony Lane," even "Shipmates Forever" seemed to approach the requirements...
...potato chips, spiced apples, pickles, jellies, jams, conserves, canned fruit, sun preserved fruits; for the best pillow case, cross-stitched spread, French knot spread, Cluny centerpiece, six-piece doily set, crocheted infants' socks, cutwork, Roman embroidery, boy's suit made from cast-off garments, rompers, Afghan, artificial flowers, pieced quilt, hand-painted cake plates (professional and amateur), fruit group, picnic table. Money winnings were small (first prize: $2), but eminently satisfying to the victor was the distinction of being known as a right smart housewife back home...