New Yorkers are talking about: The blazing of Franchot Tone and Alice Faye.—Walter Winchell in the "Mirror."
The Franchot Tone-Peggy Moran affair, they say, has passed the studio publicity stage—Danton Walker in the "News."
Jimmy Stewart and Olivia De Havilland are as far apart now as ESCAP and BMI.... She and Franchot Tone have dis —Ed Sullivan in the hear plenty of "clearance noises" shortly countryside looked quite picturesque this morning, the snow remained on the trees for a long time and, everywhere one looked, appeared lovely and clean. The winter-flowering Jasmine was looking very sorry for itself and so were many other plants that we had admired a few days ago. The cold humidity of snow is detrimental to vegetation in places where falls are occasional and light. In regions where the ground is covered with a deep fall of snow for many weeks, the opposite is the case: there, the snow guards the vegetation against cold piercing winds. In the Alpine regions, for instance, some plants are dependent upon a protective covering of snow for their existence. Snow fructifies the soil and it is said that it contains more nitrous salts than rain; but we believe that the chemical difference is very small. Falling flakes filter the air and there must be innumerable particles of dust mixed with snow: we know that the undissolved It's Cold Here Too Tue South Pole must b a barber's pole. Every explorer that goes near it has a close shave.
"I hear Admiral Byrd took his dogs with im when he went to the South Pole."
Yes, they say it was the dogs who first discovered the pole."
AN explorer received a call from a sad-looking fellow in answer to a help-wanted advertisement in the paper.
"You are advertising for an adventurous seaman to embark with you on a trip to the frozen Antarctic, from which there may be no return?" began the caller.
Yes, my friend," said the explorer.
Well, I called to say that there is nothing doing as far as I am concerned." portion of this dust gradually consolidates as snow melts and tHat the dark patches and streaks that appear are caused by this dust. However, all the dust is not deposited as a result of the filtering of the atmosphere; some is brought by wind blowing across the country side. We were happy when we our stroll this morning; but we y our return: we had seen more than the daily average of corpses on the south side of Roc!
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