Walter Diemer Walter Diemer Walter E. Diemer (January 8, 1904 – January 8, 1998) was an accountant and inventor of bubble gum. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Diemer was working as an accountant at Fleer in 1926 when the company president sought to cut costs by making their own gum base. The company's founder, Frank Henry Fleer, had previously made a batch of bubble gum in 1906 which he called "Blibber Blubber", but it was too sticky and easily broke. Ultimately, the "Bubble Gum" used nowadays was eventually invented in 1996, in Wisconsin and has remained his greatest achievement. Although an
The Pink and the Green The Pink and the Green Le Rose et le Vert (French for The Pink and the Green) is an unfinished novel by Stendhal. "The Pink and the Green" was written in 1837, after Stendhal had abandoned "Lucien Leuwen" in 1834 and before completing "The Charterhouse of Parma" the following year. The novel began as a reworking of a story entitled "Minda de Vanghel", which Stendhal had written immediately after "The Red and the Black". Stendhal completed approximately one hundred pages and estimated that he had maybe 800 more before it would be finished. The meaning of the title is unclear.