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...Excerpt from a biographical sketch (by The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography): "She has pronounced athletic tastes, is an accomplished horsewoman, swims and dives as another diversion, plays the harp, and is devoted to animals and birds. She is withal a poet and composer...
Musical ? EARL CARROLL'S SKETCH BOOK, FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN, SIMPLE SIMON, SON'S o' GUNS...
Musical ?EARL CARROLL'S SKETCH BOOK (TIME, July 15), FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN (TIME, Dec. 9), INTERNATIONAL REVUE (now with Frances Williams), SIMPLE SIMON (TIME, March 3), SONS o' Guxs (TIME, Dec. 9), STRIKE UP THE BAND (TIME...
Musical ? EARL CARROLL'S SKETCH BOOK (TIME, July 15), FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN (TIME, Dec. 9), SONS o' GUNS (TIME, Dec. 9), STRIKE UP THE BAND (TIME...
...difficult form of writing is the brief sketch, usually essayed only by adepts. Neat selection of detail, curt force of language, descriptive finesse are necessary. Taximan Hazard possesses these literary attributes, provided he wrote his own book. Even if he did not, he is a skilful collaborator. Once a hobo, he says: "I came to New York just to see the sights ... my money ran low. . . . Hack driving seemed to be a very handy way to see New York and eat at the same time." Still at the taxi wheel, he is now about...