Private Lives Romances #4

This issue is an anthology of candid cartoons featuring the private lives and peculiar habits of world celebrities, drawn by Edwin Cox and Jack Bliss. Featured vignettes include pianist Josef Hofmann's obsession with inventing collapsible roller skates, lawyer John L. Lewis's ability to recite the U.S. Constitution word for word, movie producer Alfred Hitchcock's nervous habit of smashing his teacup at afternoon tea, orchestra leader Eddy Duchin's solid gold cuff links, radio personality Connie Boswell's collection of fan photographs, poet Carl Sandburg's pet goats that live in his living room, and a humorous take on Pepper Martin's "Musical Mudcats" baseball band featuring Northwestern University Professor W.M. McGovern in a Persian costume.