Word: stuarts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Robert Hichens' The Garden of Allah, published in 1904, when he was 40, has sold about a million copies. Arthur Stuart Menteth Hutchinson's If Winter Comes, published in 1921, when he was 42, sold 558,649 copies in the U. S. alone. Last week their latest novels (Hichens' 36th, Hutchinson's tenth) served chiefly as reminders that these once tremendously popular novelists were still alive. They also served as reminders that best-selling novels, while still frequently inexplicable, now show a big improvement over those of the last generation...
...Heckel 3d '39, of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania; Lawrence B. Heller '40, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; Edwin Hewitt '40, of Chicago; William H. Hinton '41, of Putney, Vermont; Sherman Hoar '40, of South Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Enno R. Hobbing '40, of Reading, Pennsylvania; Garfield H. Born '40, of Elk Grove, California; R. Stuart Hoyt '40, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; William C. Hurtt '40, of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania; Ward MacL. Hussey '40, of Chicago; Humphrey G. Hutchinson '41, of Maryville, Tennessee...
...tongue-in-cheek farce, the film is thoroughly enjoyable. Very nearly as good is "Time Out For Murder," in which a reporter (Michael Whalen) solves an involved but ingenious murder. Chick Chandler, as Mr. Whalen's photographer and constant companion, contributes excellent humor throughout, and Gloria Stuart, as a beautiful bill collector turned detective, gives the picture the light touch needed to put it over...
Worried well-wishers heard that one member of the Stuart clan was at a country dance when rivals appeared, got his gun and danced the rest of the night without turning his back on the crowd. They believed Jesse to be in imminent danger. But they principally feared the pugnacious Stuart inheritance, which may wreck the career of one of the most promising young U. S. poets...
Last week 86-year-old Uncle Marion Stuart, who lives at Twelve Pole, W. Va., heard of Jesse's troubles. Uncle Marion, celebrated by Jesse because he killed his last man at 81, dug a well at 83, and built a house to retire in at 85, wrote to Jesse: "Have they caught the fellow who jumped you? If they haven't, I'll be along presently and help you bring him to justice...