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...Crabrneat. The discriminee was tall, tan Josephine Baker, the sleek Negro singer who first achieved fame in Paris by entertaining while clad only in a girdle of bananas. Miss Baker and some friends (Roger Rico, current male lead in South Pacific, Mrs. Rico and Mrs. Bessie Buchanan, an old friend of Miss Baker's) had sat down in the Cub Room, where they were served a round of drinks. Then Miss Baker ordered a crabmeat cocktail, a steak and a bottle of wine. One hour later, according to friends, nothing had been served, and the waiters were playing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Winchell v. Baker | 11/12/1951 | See Source »

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