Word: clem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Parisian circles which fatten on tourists and rich appetites, a potent name is that of Clement ("Clem") Hobson. Out of Britain came Mr. Hobson some years ago to buy famed Ciro's restaurant on the Rue Daunou, later to control the music hall-restaurant des Ambassadeurs in the Champs-Elysées and several famed hot spots in Biarritz...
Besides Depression "Clem"' Hobson has had to contend with failing eyesight. One eye went blind years ago. Last autumn his good eye dimmed. Never giving up, "Clem" Hobson went to Lausanne, had his eye operated on, hurried back to Paris before the wound was healed, to superintend the reopening of the Ambassadeurs for the present summer season. With him went a beefy British friend. After the dress rehearsal the friend rumbled up, roaring enthusiasm...
...congratulate you, dear ol' boy! Splendid program! Fine settin'." Followed a slap on the back like the crack of doom. "Clem" Hobson lurched forward. The delicate stitching on his eyeball broke apart...
After a second operation, performed in Lausanne last week "Clem'' Hobson said: "I am quite blind. My surgeon and I have just had a long consultation with a Dutch professor. They tell me I must have six months treatment and then perhaps I may see again. It is doubtful...
After beating a Miss Clem Purvis-Russell-Montgomery, onetime Scots champion, 7 & 6 in the 36 hole final, Miss Wilson said that her father, a Derbyshire doctor, had promised her another trip to the U. S. to play for the women's championship in September. Last year, Helen Hicks beat her in the semifinal...