Word: alvarezes
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...interest of Spaniards in matters of sport follows the King. Therefore, last week, the presence of King Alfonso at Wimbledon was almost equivalent to a royal cheering section f r the great Spanish net star Señorita Lilli de Alvarez. His Majesty did not cheer, but he watched, animated. She, warmly beautiful, vivacious, and compellingly feminine, came up, last week, in the women's singles finals against Miss Helen Wills. The contrast was between darting flames and scintillating ice. Serious, studious, book-writing, sketch-drawing Helen Wills seemed, in her stiff, skeletonized cap merely efficient. Señorita...
...residences are on St. Nicholas Ave., N. Y. C., and Calumet Ave., Chicago. His chief club, The Turf Club (Chicago). His sons, Devere Joseph and George Joseph Jr., are in civil service and sportdom, respectively. George Joseph Jr. achieved some fame as a pugilist (nom de combat, "Jose Alvarez, the Mexican Kid") and fought "Kid" MacPartland to a bloody draw in his last ring appearance, in Illinois. Mr. Warner Jr. now bets on race horses...
...thing that will break the vicious circle is a sedative drug. . . . Morphine is a good pain reliever, but a poor sleep maker. . . . The newer synthetics [drugs] have no relation to morphine; they have none of that kick that makes the taker wish to repeat the experience. . . ."?Walter C. Alvarez of Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn...
...minutes she talked in French through an interpreter to President Calles. Then the President's Chief of Staff, General Jose Alvarez, offered the Ministress his arm, escorted her forth...
...girl she defeated in the finals was Lilli de Alvarez, graceful, excitable, spectacular. Disregarding the convention which calls upon the virgin daughters of Spain to spend their evenings peeping from a barred window at the cloaked shape of a lover in the doorway opposite, Señorita Alvarez managed to make herself the most competent female stroke-player in the world, not excepting Lenglen. But the perfect execution of strokes does not necessarily mean matches won, and the play of Señorita Alvarez is always more thrilling than dependable. She will sacrifice many errors for an ace, she would...