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Meanwhile, as his past unfolded in the press. Refugee Morton-Stewart was blazing a glittering, champagne-splashed trail. In Paris, he enchanted the café set with a series of brilliant parties at a little bistro in the Rue Pierre Charron. But when detectives, spurred on by the travel agency, in Birmingham, arrived to check up on "the gay Englishman." he had disappeared. The travel agency did not say why they wanted Morton-Stewart, only that they were "most anxious to trace him." It was not hard. Soon afterward he checked into Rome's Hotel Excelsior as Horace Albert...
...this point 22 rebels, all members of the Assembly, including Barrachin and General Pierre Billotte, shoved their way out of the convention and across the street to a bistro. There they announced that they were quitting the R.P.F. for good. How many Gaullists would follow and vote with Pinay remained to be seen this week. Barrachin claimed 30 Deputies and 20 Senators; loyal Gaullists conceded him at least 30. With the Gaullists thus split, Premier Pinay's cabinet seemed assured a longer lease of life...
Places in the Square hardly provide any means of escape. In any local bistro at this time of year you will probably find the people in the opposite booth discussing an exam and the people in the adjoining booth studying for one. Local spots, therefore, are out of the question, so far as the well-informed Harvard man is concerned...
...days grow warmer, so do the nights, and a Boston bistro is no place to spend a quiet, relaxed evening. At this time of year many of the road-houses down towards the beaches set up shop and wait for harried townfolk to sample a cooling sea-breeze with their bottles of beer. Of course, there's the Drive-in Movie, several of them, usually with a bad selection of shows but nevertheless a popular place for college-men and their dates. Cambridge, Lynn, and Dedham stock the closest open air theatres...
...securing work is through good personal contacts in a specialized field, and even then the chances are slim. The student-sponsored work camps will give anyone a nice clean conscience and a wealth of ruddy friends, although their financial remunerations barely cover a short fling at the local bistro...