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...studies again whatever matters the Cardinals have submitted to him in the morning's Udienze di Tabella, then prepares any speeches he may have to make. He jots down pencil notes which he later expands on the typewriter. When he is forced to use ink (he dislikes fountain pens), he uses a very fine...
...surrealist one-man show in Manhattan gave onlookers the pleasure of being in on the laughs. The paintings, by a dour little Belgian named René Magritte, have Salvador Dali's technical perfection but none of Dali's tiresome bag of Freudian tricks. Sample Magritte subjects: a fountain-as cool and wet-looking as the real thing-which spouts crystal mirrors, crowns, hands and cornucopias; a cigar box puffing a cigar; a door, set up against the sky, opening to admit a cloud; a glassy-eyed nude crammed into a bottle, entitled "inspiration," a beach sprouting sorrowful, earthbound...
Eight miles from our downtown office we saw one that offered for a bed a straw mat covered with an old army blanket. It had no kitchen utensils, dining-room chairs, or light fixtures. It did have a lovely fountain on a vast second-floor terrace. Price: $250 a month...
Before undertaking so revolutionary a step as removing the fountain, Mahoney polled his best customers to ascertain their reaction to such an apparent turning back of the clock. Overwhelming approval greeted his queries, as 97.3 percent of the clientele asserted that they would still continue patronage even if the fountain were removed...
...demolition of the staid soda bar comes one constructive note for undergraduates. Participants in the exercise classes at the Indoor Athletic Building will be able to observe themselves in action in the near future, thanks to the gift of the now defunet large mirror behind the fountain to the University...