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...Snark." Forty-four years old was Handsome Adolf Hitler last week and Germany went wild. Not even the Kaiser or Old Paul von Hindenburg ever had such a birthday. Despite his expressed desire to spend the day quietly in his little Alpine cottage near Berchtesgaden he could not avoid the attentions of his delirious followers. They roused him with flowers, they roused him with telegrams, bottles of wine, boxes of cigars (Chancellor Hitler does not smoke, drinks nothing stronger than beer), Easter eggs, Westphalian hams, lumps of sugar for his police dogs. Back in the Chancellery in Berlin the presents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Birthday | 5/1/1933 | See Source »

There are people in the world who take things seriously, and since such there be, it is a delightful respite to view them with "Patience" through the eyes of Gilbert and Sullivan. Now these people (yes, you may be one of them) are like the Snark, of which's unmistakable marks...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 11/3/1932 | See Source »

Like Lewis Carroll's Snark and several other mythical animals, the Ogopogo was first heard of in London. Some seven years ago in a musical show, Co-optimists, Jessie Matthews sang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Butterfly Cloud | 8/15/1932 | See Source »

Cleverly costumed and set in artistically and carefully planned backgrounds, the production made up in spontaneity and dialogue what it lacked in musical force. R. B. Harrison '32, the snark-hunter and inebriated match-maker, who sang several solos and performed a difficult and effective dance, took the honors for the evening. With R. L. Kimbrough '33, the show's outstanding dancer, he roved about the stage with complete savior-faire...

Author: By E. W. R., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 3/19/1932 | See Source »

...Martin Johnson, not essentially cinema performers, are free from the prejudice. Their actors are all animals, wild, and photographed in their native state in Africa. Mr. Johnson is a wanderer of some eminence, having at an earlier date been associated with Jack London on the cruise of the Snark in the role of cook & bottle washer. Later he acquired a wife and a taste for photography. For his latest film he went through British East Africa with wife and camera. Four years ago Mr. & Mrs. Johnson established themselves in the jungle, set up their picture takers, and invited the animals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Feb. 6, 1928 | 2/6/1928 | See Source »

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