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...Sachen, who does excavating work, decided to take matters in his own hands. He remembered hearing that vermifuge cures dogs of the "fits" and he saw no reason why it should not work on humans. He went down to the drugstore and for 33? bought a box of "Kickapoo Worm Lozenges...
...First Story of the Whale" is the title of the first production of Harvard's own Lewis Carroll, but more are going to follow, such as "Herbert the Worm" and "Fitnia and Whee." Incidentally, Fitnia and Whee are two creatures, never seen, and they just can't be described...
...Balanchine has again shown a nice discretion in his adaptation of the ballet to musical comedy; at one point he combines a tap and a ballet to create an extremely pleasing and original number. His "tape-worm" finale to the first act was something of a disappointment, but it looked as if the ensemble and started on the wrong beat; another number entitled "Big Brother" just plan dies--the full chorus is on stage, but nothing happens, and a little boy is expected to carry the pens, and a little boy is expected to carry the number on adolescent cuteness...
...tropical Sumatra about a month ago, he went ashore like a tidal wave. Next day, having managed to get back aboard, he awoke to find in his bunk a scaly, lizard-like creature about a foot long, with a stubby snout and a tongue that looked like a worm. Seaman Frazeur greeted the creature with no amazement, named it Pandora, fed it on milk and egg yolk. When he went back to the U. S., Pandora went with...
...make silk, the silk worm reduces the cellulose in mulberry leaves to a protein liquid which it spins into a cocoon. Result of man's learning to imitate this technique is the 45-year-old rayon industry. A major source for the cellulose is "dissolving pulp," wood pulp processed further than for making newsprint. Last week, the largest "dissolving pulp" company in the world, Rayonier Inc., announced "the highest earnings in the history of the company and its predecessors"-$3,124,703 for the twelve months ended April 30; this was almost a million more than for the previous...