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Harcourt Amory was a diligent collector of the works of Charles L. Dodgson, who wrote under the pseudonym of "Lewis Carroll", and in addition to his collection of Dodgson's books, constructed a toy theater, in which he used miniatures of the characters in "Alice in Wonderland". Armory cared little for the pamphlets on mathematics and logic, which the versatile Dodgson published, and was, for the most part, concerned with the changing types of illustrations used in the various editions of "Alice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LIBRARIAN AT WIDENER EDITS CARROLL WORKS | 4/20/1932 | See Source »

...against the clanking, clattering Machine Age last week were leading citizens of Montreal. Solemnly they marched 100 strong to a conveniently open space near the Canadian National Railway tracks. There workmen, spitting on their hands, took shovels and dug swiftly a medium-sized hole. In it was buried a toy steamshovel, symbol of the Machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Burying the Shovel | 3/7/1932 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Remarkable Markable | 2/22/1932 | See Source »

...take him with them and strangely enough young Yehudi stayed perfectly quiet. Thereafter he attended the concerts regularly, developed a great interest in Louis Persinger who sat in the first violin chair. When he was 3 he asked for a violin and his father bought him a 50? toy which he instantly broke to bits because it "didn't sound right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Fiddler Growing Up | 2/22/1932 | See Source »

...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: >The Crimson Playgoer | 2/12/1932 | See Source »

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