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Proof that Veronese intended to paint Venus as a half naked lady rather than as a nude Renaissance goddess has been, supplied by workers at the Fogg Art Museum who have been using the X-ray to test the authenticity of masterpieces. The rays have uncovered the first version of the Italian artist's "Mars and Venus" where the figure of Venus was half draped...
George Michael Cohan has written more than 500 songs. He thinks "Venus, My Shining Star" (1894) is his best, but the U. S. public still prefers "Over There" (1917). Last week George M. Cohan turned out another song, for a huge benefit for German-Jewish refugees from Nazidom, held in Manhattan's Yankee Stadium. The affair was called "Night of Stars" and so was Mr. Cohan's song...
Star light, Star bright, All the stars are out tonight The brightest theatrical stars- They're outshining Jupiter, Venus and Mars- All for the cause- All for the cause Not for applause or "Hurrahs!" There's a bright white light in the heavens tonight This is the night of stars...
...Died? Frank Evans Seagrave, 74, astronomer who accurately predicted the reappearance of Halley's comet in 1910, the time and duration of the 1932 total solar eclipse; after an operation for intestinal cancer; in Providence. R. I. In 1882 he made important astronomical news by photographing the transit of Venus...
London Bridge is Falling is more pretentious. A romance of 15th Century London, it ranks with such historical efforts as The Fool of Venus (TIME, March 19). Author Lindsay has been more careful to avoid anachronism than unreality, though he has thought it better to tone down the broad King's English of the day. The hero, a grocer's son turned soldier, comes back to his paternal home on London Bridge after a ten-year absence, to find his betrothed wed to an old curmudgeon, to get himself hopelessly entangled with his best friend's fianc...