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Mrs Astor’s Horse 8: [T]he gilded, over-stuffed magnificence of Mrs. Astor led the peasants to say of one who was rather ostentatiously dolled up: ‘She is dressed up like Mrs. Astor’s plush horse.’ Sometimes the phrase was ‘Mrs. Astor’s pet horse’. intro to S. Walker Mrs Astor’s Horse viii: Screwballs and misbehaviorism are, to him, acts of God, about which there would be little point in putting up a beef. Mrs Astor’s Horse 115: Another highly effective trick, particularly at large parties, is done with a beautiful blonde girl dummy and a bed as props. Mrs Astor’s Horse 210: When Browning’s separation action came to trial at White Plains [. . .] the public was treated to a hippodrome. Testimony brought out that Browning had given Peaches a honking African gander which he insisted on leading around with a string wherever they went. Mrs Astor’s Horse 112: The incongruities of Hollywood life pile up so fast, and with such bewildering complexity, that a newcomer’s sensibilities soon become dulled and he finds himself inexorably ‘going Hollywood’ like any ham. Mrs Astor’s Horse 134: Strong men [. . .] will continue to [...] hie to their favorite plain restaurant and order the usual steak and potatoes, lamb chops, broiled chicken or corned beef and cabbage (‘Irish turkey’). Mrs Astor’s Horse 29: Assisting in the hanging of De Boe was a curious and charming character, Phil Hanna, who is to the Jerking-to-Jesus racket what the Mayo brothers are to American surgery. Mrs Astor’s Horse 27: But there was an unforeseen joker in the ‘happy improvement plan.’ When the city fathers claimed the Morro Castle they did not know that she carried a cargo of green hides. When the wind blew in [...] the stench of scorched and rotting hides nauseated the citizens. Mrs Astor’s Horse 185: The people love to listen to the purple phrases of abuse and to cry out, ‘That’s tellin’ ‘em!’ ‘Go to it, old boy!’ and ‘Sic ‘em, kid!’. Mrs Astor’s Horse 169: [T]he L.M. Rumsey Manufacturing Company of St. Louis offered [...] an embossed front outlet pedestal closet [...] with a choice of either cherry, antique oak, walnut or ash copper lined cistern or reservoir with carved panels, and a seat and back panel to match. The outfit cost $66.25. Mrs Astor’s Horse 53: There once was a tough picaroon in Chicago named Dion O’Bannion. He was a gangster. intro to S. Walker Mrs Astor’s Horse vi: During ten years he was, in the patois of the [journalism] profession, on the street, in actual contact with Demos.