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Service for Ladies (Adolph Menjou). The most perfect headwaiter in Paris, whom even kings know by name, goes vacationing to a winter sports colony in Switzerland, in order to be near the lady of his love-at-first-sight. There a thousand trifling circumstances force it upon his uneasy conscience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Aug. 29, 1927 | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

Sirs: To a relative of mine who happens be in Riga, Latvia I send frequently your delightful periodical. I herewith quote a criticism on the subject of an article that appeared in an issue several weeks ago [TIME, March 28] to the effect that the German Envoy to Latvia was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Enthusiasm | 5/30/1927 | See Source »

Perhaps the most delightful feature of M. Maurois' style is his refreshing use of similes. For a haphazard example: "Just as occupants of a motorcar, seeing themselves driven to certain disaster by a drunken driver, from a sentiment of honour do not intervene to mitigate his speed so Renaudin's...

Author: By C. D. Stillman, | Title: BERNARD QUESNAY. By Andre Maurois. Translated by Brian W. Downs. D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1927. $2.00. | 5/16/1927 | See Source »

WITH the inevitable comparison to Pluck and Luck," "Of All Things" and "Love Conquers All" staring it in the face, Mr. Benchley's latest collection of scientific discussions, little home-talks and slightly drunken essays is perilously close to having to take a back seat. But close as the perils...

Author: By J. H. S. ., | Title: THE EARLY WORM. By Robert Benchley '12. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1927. $2.00. | 5/16/1927 | See Source »

The first of these lectures concerns a period and an event well known to everyone. The triumphant return of "Bonnie Prince Charlie", the lifting of the ban on laughter, the revival of the theatre and the gay court life form a delightful story which can bear a great many re...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT VAGABOND | 5/11/1927 | See Source »

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