Word: adding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Like a beautiful painting without warmth . . . the figure without a bosom. But put the flat-chested woman in the proper foundation . . . giving the illusion of soft, sweet curves. . . .-From an ad by Manhattan's swank Bonwit Teller...
Butlered Bon Ton. Last week Lucius made news again. Snoot If You Must is autobiography in the sense that Lucius' life, as reported by Author Beebe, has consisted chiefly of eating and dressing in public. The book reports Lucius' ad ventures with "butlered bon ton." Its index of exquisites runs from Abdy (Lady lya) to Zerbe (Jerome). It lists almost every gastronomic heaven from Manhattan to Hollywood, supplies food for every thing but thought...
...strongly Catholic Quebec. To his Ste. Claire hearers, many of whom seldom if ever see a Jew, Duplessis hinted a horrendous plot by the International Zionist Brotherhood to establish 100,000 Jewish refugees from Central Europe on Quebec's rolling fields. Opposition Leader Duplessis dragged in Premier Adélard Godbout's ruling Liberal Party, said that the Zionists had decided "to aid financially all Liberal candidates who would agree openly or secretly to support the plan in the House of Commons...
When he'd put away gladly his books ad papers...
Howard and his daughter, Ruth, write the show, which he owns and sells as an $1,800-a-week package. There is no ad-libbing, nor any necessity for it. The four oldtimers can make any line sound like an ad-lib. Experienced listeners wait especially for Howard to crack down on Lulu McConnell with something like "Miss McConnell, if you ever get a chance to live your life over again...