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...Yell Leader. As a towheaded toddler, Goodie never had to be urged to climb up on a chair and sing or recite for guests. When he reached Manual Arts High School, Goodie swam in his natural element. There was plenty of competition (among his class of 1915: General Jimmy Doolittle, Frank Capra, Lawrence Tibbett, former Lieutenant Governor Buron Fitts), but Goodie rose like a bubble in a glass of beer to the head of the class. He was yell leader, composer of school songs, star of the debating team, an enthusiastic member of the glee club and the dramatic society...
...impression on my mind that I itch to get it down on paper." Puleston is self taught, though he had a family background that fitted him well for bird painting: his mother was an artist, and a favorite uncle took him on bird walks when he was still a toddler...
...Toddler Trade. In a bid for family travel business, Chicago's Pick Hotels Corp. (21 hotels) began a new family plan for parents traveling with their children. No room charge is made for children under 14; baby sitters are provided at the going local rate (50?-75? an hour at the Congress Hotel in Chicago); toys, cribs and strollers are provided free...
...such amenities as washing machines and parks cheaper because they are used by more people. But, "no expanse of parkland made available by vertical concentration, no crèche on the 18th floor, will make up for the handkerchief of private garden . . . The privileges of ... gathering up a tearful toddler within a few seconds of his tumble at play, of quieting a squabble . . . without leaving the milk to boil over may seem trivial to architects; by mothers they are valued much above communal laundries...
...artist father, Hasan started smearing paint on doors and walls as a toddler. Daytimes, he called for paints and brushes; at bedtime he preferred the lives of famous artists to Mother Goose. When he was five and beginning to develop a style, his family took him along on a trip to Paris; Hasan could hardly be pried away from the museums. Once, in a burst of enthusiasm, he scaled up a pedestal to a Rodin bust, hugged & kissed it. His father was studying with Painter Andre Lhote at that time, and one day he took one of Hasan...