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Best American Biography: $1,000 to Marquis James (The Raven, A Biography of Sam Houston...
...immortality he dyed his remaining hair a rich and glossy black. The hair dye soaked into his skull, affected his brain, according to his doctor. Previously he had married a lady, described by the Fascist press as "a Japanese beauty." Last week, sick, mad, and feebly tearing his raven hair, he was said to be in such condition that his keepers expected speedy Death...
...Vulture, the Crow, and the Raven, heirs apparent before Mosca has finished his work, are all carefully done, and rather better than either of the two feminine leads, Canina, using Blanca's method in man-hunting, has barren ground for her seed in Mosca and Volpone, but her acting lifts when she finds Carbaccio more amorously accessible. Philip Leigh, the Vulture, managed his voice as well as usual, but had a crutch, a limp, and a hunch to his black and cloaked back, just when it was hoped that the stage, at least, had seen the last of Mr. Chaney...
...Dean's most profitable ventures, she was a little "midin-ette." Later, she was a part Negress in Lulu Belle. Never married, her engagement has been reported with discouraging frequency; she eats lemons between meals to discourage hoarseness but her voice, nonetheless, is the voice of a dulcet raven. Her father was an army hospital steward and Lenore Ulric was born in New Ulm, Minn...
...football player who has scored the most points this season is Kenneth Strong of New York University. The members of the Princeton team eat meals prepared by a small man, black as a raven, whose name is Swan. In the field house at Penn there is a notice on the bulletin board prescribing what Penn players must do each hour they are traveling to games...