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Gone was Madame Baby's; gone was Lillian Russell (whose sleekly gowned and strategically bulging figure was not unlike her namesake's); her menage at 92 Ca-dieux Street could entertain whole conventions of tourists at once. Gone also was Madame Cesar's in the more exclusive West End. Only a memory was Madame Alice's where employes and customers alike had been required to wear evening dress...
Beginning the afternoon's activities, the Jayvee boats will get underway at 4:30 o'clock. At home, the 150 lb. crew will entertain Pennsylvania, Princeton...
...ocean crossing, the shy, religiously intellectual Croly had a challenging book on political philosophy to his credit (The Promise of American Life), and a burning desire to run a liberal magazine. Impressed by his zeal, the Straights straightway became his converts and backers. His object: "Less to inform or entertain [my] readers than to start little insurrections in the realm of their convictions...
...Glory. Lord Alexander would be a "Governor" of Canada in name only. The job had glory but no authority. Socially, he would link Canada to the Mother Country, but politically he would be a nonentity. He would have to present himself, smiling, at all sorts of functions. He would entertain and be entertained. He would have to show interest in every form of public activity, from a cornerstone-laying to a charity bazaar. He would open sessions of Parliament, and sign bills. He would have ample time for sightseeing around the country, and would live in grand style...
...formed (stations in Paris and Le Havre) to entertain occupation forces, not Frenchmen. But there was nothing to keep Parisians and others from tuning into the recorded programs from America -Bob Hope, Fibber McGee, Fred Allen, etc., into Beaucoup de Mtisique, an hour-long afternoon jive session, or Midnight in Paris, a two-hour nightly dance program. Unlike dull, politicky French radio, which suspended afternoon broadcasts four days a week to cut costs, AFN had become as staple a fare as red wine. Gaston Deferre, French Under Secretary of Information, asked formally that the U.S. Army keep the network going...