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...Kabuki company plans to entertain New York for four weeks, move on to Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, then to Europe. Sticklers for authenticity, the dancers brought their own cypress stage with them. This week, as is the custom when a brand-new stage is used, an official of the company consecrated it and invoked traditional Kabuki blessings-before any union stagehand was allowed to lay a hand...
Ordinary communications are a test of patience. "Not so long ago, it was the custom in Africa to send a message in a cleft stick carried by a native runner and then sit back and wait six months for the answer. Now, things are slightly better, but not much. In the Union of South Africa, the most advanced country on the 'Dark Continent.' a telephone conversation even between Capetown and Johannesburg is an ordeal of waiting and cajolery. To phone Nairobi from Johannesburg, you must 1) book the call 24 hours in advance, 2) call via London." Even...
...dissension that had them taking bows from opposite sides of the stage. Gilliat and Bailey astutely conclude that the famous carpet dispute was only symptomatic of deeper trouble. Instead, they put the blame on Sullivan's wish that people think of the firm as Sullivan and Gilbert, custom and the alphabet notwithstanding. Tied in with Sullivan's attempt to "shine in a high esthetic line as a man of culture rare" via oratories and a grand opera, this business takes up too much time...
...help clean up with the children underfoot, is often more insistent. Kitchens can be equipped or renovated for anywhere from $500 to $15,000. The lower price pays for about twelve running feet of cabinets and counter tops, a sink, but no appliances. A $15,000 kitchen would include custom-built wood cabinets, stainless steel sink and counter tops, dishwasher, disposer, freezer, refrigerator, washer, dryer, an electric oven in the wall, a fireplace, special cabinets for trays, bottles, cutlery and vegetables...
Packard Motor Car Co. took the wraps off its 1954 models and a new Clipper Super series which will give it a complete range of cars from medium-priced ($2,500) to luxurious ($7,200) custom models. Except for rounding off the boxy look of earlier models, most of the changes were under the hood. Into Packard's Caribbean convertible has been put a new straight-eight, 212-h.p. engine with the highest compression ratio (8.7 to 1) in the industry...