Word: toye
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There is always at least one moment of ridiculous melodrama in the Show. This came last week when the Countess Ida Marie von Claussen, who once challenged President Roosevelt to a duel, hurled a red ribbon at Judge Walter J. Graham. She considered that her toy poodle. Caprice, had been insulted by not getting the blue...
...Compton, knowing that he'll come home just as surely as Little Bo-Peep. There is little for the erring husband to choose between the two women, and Mr, Brook takes no great pleasure in either. Neither does the Playgoer. Best scene: Mr. Brook playing with the children's toy tracks...
...City of Paris, but to the State. It is the duty of the Senate, which meets in Marie's palace, to decide whether pink or orange dahlias shall be planted in the garden beds, who shall sell gaufres (waffles) and lemonade, and whether or not the renter of toy boats shall be provided with a burglarproof shed.* A month ago, therefore, contestants for the Guignol concession, vacant since M. Brioché's death, were solemnly called before the Bar of the Senate. Five applied, three defaulted, only two were heard. At the last minute the competitive performance...
...Seldom has the Parisian Press been so excited about a crime as it was last summer when a hard-hearted criminal stole all the toy boats from the Luxembourg basin...
...Newark. N. J., Joseph Hart and Otto Petrin Jr., both 15, played-they were gamblers. Joe had a toy gun, Otto had a loaded revolver. They tried to see who could draw his gun first. The game grew spirited. Otto's gun went off, shot Joe dead...