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After that, it was nip & tuck. The five finalists looked almost equally spectacular in evening dresses or in bathing suits (two-piecers, exposing the midriff, were worn for the first time). "Talent" proved the deciding factor...
...argot of which traces still survive. "Frisking" meant searching, then as now. A watch was a "tick," a handkerchief was a "wipe," and "wipe priggers" (pickpockets) flourished among theater standees. A glass of gin was a "flash of lightning',, and too many flashes often lit the way to "Tuck 'em Fair" (the place of execution...
Grocer J. Frank Grimes wanted a homey magazine that his customers could tuck into their shopping bags. Editor John W. Mullen wanted a mass audience for his Family Life movement, which fights delinquency and divorce. Young (31) Marshall Field IV wanted to try his wings as a publishing angel. Last week the three of them got together as sponsors of American Family, a 5? monthly to be launched in the fall with a starting circulation...
Squash Nip and Tuck...
Meanwhile three other dual meets found Dunster, Kirkland, and Winthrop taking Adams, Eliot, and Leverett. The Deacon-Mastadon splashfest proved to be a nip and tuck battle which found Kirkland waterboy's turning in a fast 1:52.8 in the final 200-yard free style relay to win the meet...