There was no question about it- the girl in the photograph was staggeringly beautiful. She was Miss Canal Zone, a runner-up in the Miss Universe Contest -- and in fact far more beautiful than the winner of the contests. Her beauty had frightened the judges.

“If I were a younger man, I would write a history of human stupidity; and I woul…”

“What a fool I would have been to let self-respect interfere with my happiness!”

“I see England,I see France;I see a little girl’sUnderpants!”

“Oh, a sleeping drunkardUp in Central Park,And a lion-hunterIn the jungle dark,A…”