She is physically deformed, an achondroplastic with legs like sewer mains and untenanted circles for eyes. Instead of parents, she has a fabulously wealthy foster father who dependably defaults whenever she needs him most. Nor has he ever given her an extra dime. Violence is her companion: in one three-month period, 75 acts of murder or mayhem were committed within her ken. But Little Orphan Annie is insulated against all misfortune by one priceless possession: eternal youth. This month in 350 newspapers all over the world, Annie reaches her 40th birthday looking...
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