Word: casualness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Wizard Controls, one little-known industry has been loitering by the wayside, gathering its hibiscus in shameful dalliance. These delinquents are the men who make Keys-to-the-City. Other locksmiths have been hard at work, stiffening bank-vaults against the professional marauder, fashioning Yale locks against the casual inebriate, while municipal keys have continued in the mold of the mediaeval rathaus...
...trimming." Hats should be small, matching the ensemble, framing the face. Shoes should have Cuban* or French heels. "Flat heels cause an ugly ankle line." Beads: "The plainer, the better. Fancy savage-looking wooden or glass beads in loud colors detract from the face. . . ." Hair: "Hairnets are impossible. Wide, casual waves are best." Makeup: "Use enough to look healthy. . . . Wipe off excess lipstick. For those who still believe it wicked to employ coloring to [sic] the lips, a pomade stick is advisable as it is more conservative and yet adds the needed flesh tones." Wearing the clothes: "Stand straight, with...
...From news headlines casual readers might have thought last week that Soprano Maria Jeritza, Violinist Fritz Kreisler and Pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff had contracted for a radio series with National Broadcasting Co. But these artists have only become affiliated with N. B. C.'s Artists Service, an agency like any other which books flesh & blood concerts. Kreisler and Rachmaninoff are two of the three great artists who have steadfastly refused to broadcast. The third: Pianist Ignace Jan Paderewski...
...looked funny cavorting about the stage, because light opera becomes the Viennese Jeritza. Donna Juanita should prosper briefly for the same reasons. The production is even faster, more up-to-date. The Metropolitan's conservative ballet appears barelegged. Jeritza is gorgeous in a black & gold court costume, magnificently casual as she steps up to the sacred prompter's box and uses it like a brass rail. Neatest tricks: a high dive by the big soprano, relaxed as any trained ballerina, straight into the arms of Tenor Marek Windheim and Baritone Louis D'Angelo; a shooting exhibition...
...stood for two years), although for years before that he had been doing astonishing things with light airplanes, among them the first non-stop flight from London to Turin in a 35 h. p. Baby Avro. For such exploits he was temporarily dubbed "Sir Jockey." Recently he was accorded casual notice for two remarkable solo flights, both in a light Puss Moth: New York to Kingston, Jamaica; and Natal, Brazil to Bathurst, British Gambia, West Africa?2.000 mi. (TIME, Dec. 7). The last flight, in Editor Grey's opinion, "beats anything that has ever been done singlehanded by any aviator...