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...many grandchildren she had. "I've got eight," said Al Smith, "but don't give up, you've still got a chance." Later Al Smith emerged to tell reporters that politics had entered the conversation only once. "One of the children asked for another piece of cake. That has a political flavor." News that James Joseph Hoey, floor leader for the Brown Derby at the 1924 and 1928 Democratic national conventions, had been appointed collector of internal revenue in the second New York district came as a "surprise" to Mr. Smith...
...first State dinner. Mrs. Roosevelt had chosen pink chrysanthemums and pompons for her table decorations. Her menu: clear soup with whipped cream, Thinsies, filet of trout, tomatoes & cucumbers, turkey, green beans, creamed cauliflower, sweet potatoes, cranberry jelly, cream cheese balls & pineapple salad, beaten biscuits, ice cream & cake...
...State of New York such preferred stock cannot be issued by State Banks, hence the necessity of designating capital so issued as 'Capital Notes.' Such capital notes rank the same and have in general similar conditions as preferred stock issued in other States." Pie is not cake but it is just as good a dessert...
...grownups. In the next scene, pitched 20 years into the future, Martin gets his wish. During a weekend party given by his now adult companions, the cook reports that a funny kind of a man has appeared at her kitchen asking for cake. The man, Martin (James Bell), is brought in. He captivates the company with his ingenuousness, his embarrassing candor about the most personal matters, his in cessant hunger. More than anyone else, Phyllis Granville (Katharine Warren) is captivated. She finds Martin curiously like her husband, from whom she has been growing apart, when he was younger. The association...
...Before we left we were given a P.M.E. lunch. Everyone who has attended West Point knows what they are. The initials stand for Practical Military Engineering because it is the standard lunch for engineers. It consists of two sandwiches, one piece of cake, and one piece of fruit. We were allowed to eat the lunch any time we desired, but we usually tried to save it until eleven or twelve o'clock because we ordinarily had nothing more to eat until after the game...