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...mystery. The Vanderbilt governess had discovered the lock of the servants' entrance forced open, when she arrived at the house early one morning. On the kitchen table were scattered miniatures with their valuable settings ripped off and a chain of room keys which belonged in a buffet drawer. Upstairs, in the bedrooms, furniture had been overturned and broken, closets and bureau drawers had been ransacked. Yet the housekeeper and six servants remembered hearing no unusual noises that night. No footprints were found in the garden. Two private watchmen in the street saw no intruder enter the house. Art objects...
...demanded higher wages and, when their demands were refused, set a precedent for air pilots by going on strike. U. S. assistant pilots on the "model airway" between Los Angeles and San Francisco found their new duties beneath the dignity of flying men. Their duties: cooking and serving buffet luncheons for passengers, Pullman porter service for dusty topcoats and hats. They grumbled, did not strike...
...from 0 until 5 o'clock. In the evening, it is planned to have a general reception for the class in the Harvard Union at which President and Mrs Lowell and Dean and Mrs Hanford will receive the members of 1932. The reception will be followed by a buffet supper and a formal meeting...
...third performance took place in Orchestra Hall in Detroit, and the next in Masonic Hall in Cleveland. After both of these performances the cast attended buffet suppers given by alumni. The Cleveland visit was somewhat marred by the discovery that during the show several members of the cast has been robbed of sums amounting to about $150 by a chief rummaging through their clothes in the dressing room...
...vocal jubilation for the benefit of mothers, sisters, and other relatives. The affair' was aesthetic in every sense. First, the Freshman orchestra would play "Nearer My God to Thee' and then a ripple of applause would ensue from the spectators seated at the tables in the quadrangle. After a buffet supper, the interdormitory singing contest came. Standish Hall won the first contest and received the handsome silver trophy from President Lowell. After the singing the younger guests danced until 12 o'clock. All this entertainment...