Word: dinners
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lady in question was his own wife. In the other direction, all bathed and shaved and shining in his evening clothes, beside Señor Davila, was Mrs. Gann's brother. Vice President Charles Curtis, upon being whose official hostess Mrs. Gann had long been. bent. This dinner represented the final triumph of her and her brother's efforts to obtain for her the status that she would automatically have enjoyed if she had been Charles Curtis's wife instead of his sister, or if Edward Everett Gann had been elected Vice President...
...President Hoover attended the Washington Newsgatherers' Gridiron Club's spring dinner. To many such dinners had he been as Secretary of Commerce, to none before as President and chief butt of the merrymaking. He made a speech. Under the club's rules, it was not reported...
...years Coolidge economy was the prime raw material for the japes of Washington newsmen's famed Gridiron Club. Last week at the club's spring dinner, new material offered itself for roasting- Hoover Efficiency. From 7:30 p. m. to 12:30 a. m. the 50 active club members entertained the President, the Vice President, the Chief Justice, the Cabinet, foreign envoys and themselves with snappers, skits, topical songs. Burlesque, ridicule and sarcasm heaped upon the White House. President Hoover, who spoke, took all with great good grace...
...note at the dinner was the presence of Chief Justice Taft who attended his first Gridiron party 40 years ago as Solicitor-General. Since his elevation to the Supreme Court, however, the Chief Justice has shunned such horseplaying performances lest the dignity of his court be impaired. This year he not only attended (presumably on assurances that the Supreme Court would be omitted from the fun-making), but also made a speech to the 400 guests which, under the rules of the club, may not be reported...
...which are riddles to many a U. S. traveler in Europe. Questions such as: "Which are the rarest and finest wines?" "Should Châateau Yquem be iced, or Châateau Lafite warmed?" "Which wines ought one to drink with the soup, fish, roast, fowl?" "At a mixed dinner of ladies and gentlemen in a restaurant is it smart or vulgar to drink exclusively cocktails and Champagne...