Word: dinners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Other callers at White Court included: Admiral and Mrs. Eberle (for dinner); William C. Deniing, head of the Civil Service Commission (to discuss a successor for Mrs. Helen Hamilton Gardener - see WOMEN) ; Congressman William E. Hull of Illinois, shortly to sail for Buenos Aires as a member of the Pan-American Highway Commission; John Hays Hammond Jr., inventor (to discuss commercial aviation-see AERONAUTICS) ; Attorney General John Garibaldi Sargent; Brigadier General Lord, Director of the Budget; .Secretary Hoover, recently returned from the West, to present Mr. Coolidge with an invitation to visit California; Senator George H. Moses...
...member of the "Kitchen Committee," "Dave" delved into the inner most secrets of the culinary art. He wanted to know why a member had to pay $3 for entertaining a friend at dinner. It was pointed out to him that his colleagues could have dined on "sausages and mash" for 25?. He then charged that the price of food was sacrificed to the supply of cheap liquor. This, too, was easily disproved. It is true that Parliamentarians do not drink nearly as much as they used to during the past century when everybody drank and was drunk, but whatever profit...
...Ibsen, of course, is Northfield's patron literary saint. The man in the drug store or the girl who serves you dinner can tell you about him. Indeed, some friends of mine who live there entertained one night at dinner and, of course, discussed Ibsen. The Wild Duck formed a part of the discussion and one of the guests in particular expounded his idea of its meaning...
...next morning the Norwegian maid who had served the dinner informed the lady of the house that the guest was entirely in error. 'I was a maid in the Ibsen household when The Wild Duck was written, and I know all about it.' And she proceeded to tell the story...
...Gentlemen, you will be wanting to interview me after dinner. After dinner is the orthodox time throughout the world for speeches. I do not know why. It prevents many people who fear they may have to speak from enjoying their food...