"His favorite indoor sport, aside from looking at himself in the mirror, is rejecting mss." — Brooklyn Daily Eagle columnist Rian James, writing about "the popular magazine editor," 1938. James, apparently a pen name for Julian Herbert Rothschild, went on to some success as a Hollywood screenwriter.
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June 29, 2020
The editor's favorite indoor sport
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