Word: tales
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thriving, too, is that great standby, the pantomime-ostensibly for youngsters but, like the American circus, something that most parents can't wait to take the children to. Embroidering a fairy tale or nursery rhyme with slapstick and music, the pantomime is rich in traditions. The hero is always played by a girl, the ugly old dame by a man; and there is usually a stuffed cat or dog. Biggest pantomime hit is Humpty Dumpty, breaking all records at the Coliseum to the tune of ?9,000 a week. Its animal is a stuffed terrier, that, like the rubber...
After the Rabbit. Pale, soft, charming-and accurate- watercolors graced the pages of this story. Beatrix Potter had long been an accomplished amateur artist when her book appeared. The Tale of Peter Rabbit was followed by 21 other children's books-tales of Squirrel Nutkin, Benjamin Bunny, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Mrs. Tittlemouse, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, Mr. Jeremy Fisher. Potterites of all ages had their favorites, but connoisseurs would probably agree that the masterpiece was The Tailor of Gloucester...
Marrow & Spice. Friends of the author thought she resembled the small, rosy Lucie of The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle. She was English to the marrow, spoke in a spicy North Country accent, was deeply attached to her Lake Country. She often went out haying with the farmers, wearing buckled Lancashire clogs and wide straw hat. She never went out of England. Old English china, silver and furniture were her hobbies...
Krauts at Cervaro. The haggard faces, worn bodies of soldiers who survived the mountain fighting, often in or above the clouds, testified to the intensity of German resistance. Out of the fighting came many a tale...
From Switzerland last week came some fancy rocket talk. According to this tale...