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Teenie Weenie. Still profiting from the fad-of-the-land last week were the owners of Tom Thumb Golf courses (TIME, July 14, Aug. 11). But a new rival arose. Advertised Stern Brothers, Manhattan department store: "Play on your own lawn. . . . Teenie Weenie Lawn Golf . . . the new game sensation...
...Thumb Golf of Tennessee can be reached thus: No. 405 Lexington Ave., New York City. But last fortnight, Garnet Carter sold his Tom Thumb Golf interest...
Crowds continued to flock to Tom Thumb Golf courses last week. City councils gravely debated whether it was a "real" sport and hence a violation of Sunday laws. A national open tournament on the original Chattanooga course was planned. And, more important, Garnet Carter sold his interests...
...Still persistent last week was the autastic rumor that Alfonse ("Scarface") Capone rules the Tom Thumb trade. A likely explanation was that Colyumist Walter Winchell, broadcasting gossip, once said something about as follows: "Tom Thumb Golf is the newest racket; first thing we know Al Capone will have grifted into...
...LOVE-Paul Geraldy-Button ($1). A realistic Frenchman, Author Géraldy here lectures on what most Anglo-Saxons would call profane love. But he titillates no libidinous itch in this little monograph of precepts. Here is a plenty of theory but no rules of thumb. Many a bewildered Babbitt might profit by one or another of these Gallic apothegms. For example: "I love you" should never sound like a call for help. . . . And don't bother to tell me that you insist on being loved for what you are. You are worth more than that." No Columbus, Author...