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In Manhattan OPA moved to give the rich an even break. Inspectors cracked down on 73 eating places. Most were soda fountains charging stenographers a nickel too much for a ham sandwich. But also reprimanded was Café Chambord, last Manhattan stronghold for those who must have their pâ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Have a Veal Chop Instead | 4/17/1944 | See Source »

Paul Whiteman, 313-lb. band leader turned 195-lb., Blue Network musical director, was observed by Manhattan Columnist Lucius Beebe "bolting" from the Blue for the 5:31 train to his Rosemont (NJ.) "Paul Whiteman Walking Horse Farm." There, noted Beebe, Whiteman keeps 150 pipes, 100 suits, 75 pairs of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Entertainers | 3/6/1944 | See Source »

In the New York Herald Tribune, another reporter, sensitively attuned to ihe muffled sound of plush meeting plush, described revelry in Manhattan. Wrote Columnist Lucius Beebe: "The gold rush is on. ... New York is only now in its finest and ultimate dionysiac frenzies. . . . It is only necessary to belly up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Midas' Return | 2/28/1944 | See Source »

Lucius Beebe, Manhattan exquisite who writes rococo chatter for the New York Herald Tribune, was much miffed by the wartime atmosphere. Wrote he: "... Pretentious folk are busy with cosmic urges which only tomorrow will be remembered as humorous follies and bumbling with skirmishes with destiny which next week will be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nominee | 1/10/1944 | See Source »

Salvador Dali's mustaches performed for Lucius Beebe, who reported in his column that he had noted their "convulsive flutterings and bristlings" in a Manhattan nightclub as the misfortunate artist spied "a pair of absolutely identical handlebars" across the room.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Shapes | 12/20/1943 | See Source »

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