The Nightly Jester Talks Back to Meat and Stage Life
Billy Rose surveys postwar humor and show business in a 1946 monologue. He riffs on height, fashion, and fame while poking at agents, advertisers, and the press. He contrasts acting pay with ballplayer salaries and notes public jokes about meat shortages and OPA limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Scrooge
Joe
Jack Benny
Ted Williams
San Francisco
Kate Smith
Maine
Hialeah
Chicago
Joe Frisco
Liberty
Hollywood
Billy Rose
Darning Is Fun Demonstrations At 4-H Clubs
In Houston County Mississippi 4-H clubs host a series of "Darning Is Fun" demonstrations led by county home agent Miss Fran Mallett. Each club meeting features two girls presenting sock darning steps and past demonstrators listed include Sybil McKay Inez Ivey Dorothy Goodwin Saxie Cook Robbie Whitehurst Amy Carolyn Still Mary Nell Coskrey Ruth Burgess and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston County
Fran Mallette
County
Hore
Sybil McKay
Inez Ivey
Tayor Club
Dorothy Goodwin
Saxie Cook
Madrid
Robbie Whitehurst
Amy Carolyn Still
Coward
Mary Nell Coskrey
Ruth Burgess
Ardilla
Miriam Harris
Flora Mae Clark
Mary Nell Watford
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Jake
By Williams
Male IP
Retin
Dimone
ORION
Daric
Dagwood
LA Guardia
Thicar
Red Ryder
Willie and
By Mauldin
Zope
Pal, Neal Ae
Junior
Sonny
54Th Street
Eleanor
Joe Stalin
Tim
Mickey Rooney
Gary Cooper
Alexander the Great
Caesar
Napoleon
Ohio
Kentucky
Mose M. Smith, Jr
S. St. Andrews
Tri-State Publishing
Byrd's
Superior Auto Service
Dothan Plumbing CO
Harold White
South Alabama Auto CO
West Main St
Studebaker
Oates
Paul Marsh
Onan
C. E. Pitts Motor CO
Corner
North St. Andrews & Adams
Dothan
Dothan Seed & Supply CO
N. Oates
North St. Andrews
Adams Dothan
Montgomery
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
Miami
S. Oates St
Robert Malone Motors, Inc
Dodge
Plymouth
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