Word: stong
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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CAREER-Phil Stong-Harcourt, Brace...
...published by "St. Nicholas League." Equally distinguished were the invited guests who sent regrets. Among them: Carolyn Wells ("who probably wrote more for St. Nicholas than anyone you know"); Laurence Stallings (who "was never a contributor to St. Nicholas and spent most of my time reading trashy literature"); Phil Stong (who in boyhood was a "veteran Youth's Companioner...
WEEK-END - Phil Stong - Harcourt, Brace...
Connecticut used to be one of the New England states, and to New Englanders it still is, but Manhattanites tend to think of it as a rustic week-end resort. To Iowa-born Phil Stong, writing of the sophisticated eccentricities of a Manhattanite smart set, Connecticut is a natural setting for their Jabberwockian gimblings. Author Stong's brilliant exaggeration has made even his native Iowa a melodramatic backdrop; with the iridescent decadence of a Westerner's East in which to dip his brush, he has outdone himself. His Week-End is a melodrama of gamily high life, told...
...wife. The advertising man, who hated his wife sincerely and thought he loved Flora more than his own tragic ego, was shown his mistake. The hard-bitten drunk and the cool-headed lady in search of a husband both came through with flying colors, got what they wanted. Author Stong, knowing what the audience at a melodrama expects, pairs his couples off nicely, with small loss of life: one loathsome little dog, one banker...