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...contest for amateur painters, got Austin Faricy, professor of esthetics at Stephens College (for women) in Columbia, to judge it. Professor Faricy took one look at the entries, gave first prize to a barnyard scene called Farm Life, painted on a piece of muslin in oils and aluminum shellac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Primitive | 9/4/1939 | See Source »

...backed shoe for street wear. . . . Today you see millions of women, all over America, slop-slopping along the streets with not only their toes out, but their heels out too. ... I won't be a bit surprised if, some day, they just walk right out on you and shellac their soles and put bells on their toes and say, 'To hell with shoes!!' . . . All this makes me very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Saddened Editor | 5/22/1939 | See Source »

...very fine coating of shellac makes an excellent base. This should be put on the skis with a cloth (not a brush) in order to obtain an absolutely smooth surface...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SKIERS FLOCK TO NORTHLAND . . . . . . . . SNOW VARIES AT SKI CENTERS | 12/10/1937 | See Source »

...very fine coating of shellac makes an excellent base. This should be put on the skis with a cloth (not a brush) in order to obtain an absolutely smooth surface...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SKOAL TO THE WAX HOUND | 12/18/1936 | See Source »

...Duke University last year, a fraternity pledge named Einer A. Palmgren, stripped and painted with shellac, was inadvertently ignited and had to be hospitalized for severe burns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Hell Week | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

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