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Carnival. The salesmen's smoker was an orgy. The smalltown boys had plenty of liquor on their breaths, carnival girls on their laps. A cooch dancer came out and began her undulations. Through her Oriental veil, Bobbie Spencer recognized Helen, the blonde witch whom he loved and had persuaded that very afternoon to quit the show business. Maddened, sickish, he tried to drag her away. Showman Blackie intervened. When Bobbie lunged at him, Blackie drew a gun and fired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: May 6, 1929 | 5/6/1929 | See Source »

...Bridal Veil (Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABIINET: West Case | 12/17/1928 | See Source »

...have confidence, however, that when the ntelligent, the patriotic, and the well-to-do, as .veil as the plain people, face the real issue, vhen they see whither we are tending in mak-ng fun of the law and of its violation, all of vhich tends to lead to support those who are engaged in violating it, when they realize that others not so patriotic, and who are evilly-minded are only too glad to bring about a demoralization of all law, as the open violations of the liquor law necessarily tend to do, then I believe we shall rouse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 10, 1928 | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

...with the author's real name, however, was this book published. It was signed with the nom de plume "Analyticus." Demands by men written up in it moved the publisher, Brentano, last week to draw aside the veil of anonymity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Pathological Addiction | 12/3/1928 | See Source »

...decision of the Harvard Athletic Association to abandon the Yale football rally has simple implications, every one of them optimistic. More than a veil of smoke has clouded the rallies of the past two years. There has been enthusiasm, but it has been of a fragile artificiality that could not endure, for instance, night air. The hortatory experts have played to houses that only an invoked loyalty could lift above tepidity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO MORE PARADES | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

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