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Fifteen pretty girls brought their carefully catalogued charms and mountains of luggage to London last week and, in a polyglot babel of perfumed chatter, settled into a once-quiet, family-type hotel just off the Strand. One of them was destined to become Miss World...
...show "extraordinary people doing ordinary things" gives the program possibilities, the first show suggested that aimlessness and a degree of silliness, e.g., Murrow's asking Stokowski whether his piano was in tune, might be the cost of its unrehearsed spontaneity. Biggest danger: sacrificing thoughtful conversation to idle chatter about furnishings and other things in sight. Sponsors: Amoco and Hamm Brewing...
...ideas of western man. Lighting on original texts, the student has just begun to sip the nectar when he is driven off on a different track. Anticipating the probable requirements of an educated business man in a literate world, the Core courses prepare Colgate men for cocktail party chatter, arming them with a general knowledge of comprehensive fields. For instance, the catalogue lists Core 10, the literature course prescribed for Juniors, as seeking "primarily to develop in the student the intelligent enjoyment of literature...
Kreis puts out a monthly magazine, Chatter, which chronicles the doings of its customers. Samples: "Never noticed before what beautiful blue eyes Peter Lawford has," "Betty Grable snackihg and poring over a racing form." "Overheard George Raft telling friends that the cherry burgundy ice cream is the best in the world." Chatter also carries movie reviews, beauty hints and signed columns by the soda jerks, pharmacists, cashiers, kitchen help...
Kreis is now trying to lure Hollywood columnists to his drugstore. Gossipist Sheilah Graham is a regular (from Chatter: "Sheilah Graham quietly dining with friends, never missing a trick"). Though Columnist Skolsky shows up occasionally (seductive Chatter item: "Sid Skolsky in again, and what a sweet guy that is"), he remains loyal to Schwab's. Meanwhile, Leon Schwab is taking his competition calmly. Says he: "They're just an imitation. They're getting our overflow. We wish them the best of luck...