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Todhunter was not his name. The Kokomo, Ind. barber who was his father used to call him "Toad." By the time he was a stable boy at Guttenberg, N. J. James Sloan's hard little fists had changed the offensive nickname to "Tod." When in 1900 he returned from England to the U. S. with a secretary, a valet, ten trunks, a monocle and an English accent, open-mouthed newshawks asked what "Tod" meant. Replied he: "Todhunter...
...Toad Juice. In Eli Lilly's Indianapolis drug laboratories where he directs pharmacological research. Dr. Ko Kuei Chen, Johns Hopkins graduate, applied himself to finding out what there is in folk medicine which helps Chinese cure toothache, sinusitis and mouth sores with applications of dried toad venom and which made Shakespeare note: "Sweet are the uses of adversity, which like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head (As You Like It). From glands located behind the eyes of 7,500 U. S., German, Jamaican, Uruguayan, South African, Chinese and Japanese toads. Dr. Chen...
Contributions in excess of $5,000 have been received by the Harvard Infantile Paralysis-Commission in the first two weeks of its appeal for funds toad the research and clinical work carried on by the Commission. No drive for funds was made last year, and a deficit in the treasury necessitated the present appeal...
...Toad-Tiger" (jade), Art column, p. 27, your issue...
...axehead, it is called a Tenth Century tiger, representing the god Tezcatlipoca of the little-known Olmec people who once lived in the states of Vera Cruz, Oaxaca and Tabasco and are sometimes cited as the first users of rubber. The tiger looks more like a pale green toad with a semi-human crested head making a horrid bawling grimace. It is about the size of a big apple, with holes in the topknot and sides, apparently for use as an ornament. Last week jade experts swarmed around the toad-tiger...