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...older and hardier of the 2,200 guests manfully carried on, consumed three tons of the quasi-edible mélange. The $7.50 guests could take it in the dining room; the $5 crowd could fight for it, or away from it, at a buffet board. Many a farsighted Montrealer had booked rooms in the hotel days in advance, to drink rye or gin, and imported champagne at $30 a magnum...
...visit. Less than half an hour later, the President greeted him aboard the Augusta. George VI, knowing the Augusta's sailing schedule, hurriedly inspected the guard. But Harry Truman was a good host, took him below to his quarters. There was a decanter of bourbon on the buffet. There was no doubt that the King and the President enjoyed each other's company: George VI had timed his visit for ten minutes; he stayed...
...windup to a buffet lunch came the ice cream. The Burmans ate their ice cream with dignified avidity. Shyly they intimated that they would like more. Three times urgent messages went to the galley for extra helpings. By then everybody was very jolly. After more conferring, Sir Reginald called the first meeting: "Very encouraging...
Some of them, the ones I really can't take, tell you they are antiFascist. They stand up in a drawing room with a drink in their mitts in front of a nice big fireplace and scream out their speeches against what is wrong. Or after a big buffet supper they are upset because our fellows didn't have such a good day at the front. But these same speechmakers can't find time to come over, or they never find the time to drop a line each week or send a food box to cheer...
This invitation, to the buffet supper, was well received and all who accepted at Katherine Gibbs had quite a pleasant time. So, from this lead off (a la Mills) to the last notes at the Parker House, our thanks to the junior officers for a perfect evening...