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...gave an elaborate show. He hao two assistants. His puppets were specially carved by Barna de Toth, and embraced such additional personages as Puss in Boots, Hop-O'-My-Thumb, Red Riding Hood, and some fearsome Calabrian brigands. After the trial the Government provided hot chocolate and cakes for the jury. Senators were comforted with the thought that the combined ages of M. Déscarthis and his young assistants did not total 60. The Guignol problem of the Luxembourg Gardens had probably been solved for another 30 years...
...Thumb" for the Baltimore & Ohio...
...right thumb was distorted. Booth as a boy had his right hand crushed in a scenery windlass in a theatre...
Perpetually pinched for money, kept close under their father's thumb are the two oldest sons of the "Richest Man in the World," His Exalted Highness the Nizam of Hyderabad. To a sporting acquaintance at Gleneagles, Scotland, last summer the Crown Prince of Hyderabad stated his views on marriage thus: "I like horses. They are more dependable than women. If a horse throws you it will stand by until you get on your feet...
...good morning to you!" said the Minister of Public Instruction and Art. With his finger and thumb he plucked an immensely valuable statuet from his pocket and waggled it under the curator's nose. "To teach you a lesson I run the risk of arrest as a thief. It is possible to walk into this museum as easily as into a mill. I was stopped by no one. I paid no admission. I could have filled my pockets with loot...