Word: foyers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...about his work. The ambassadorial host then quoted Barrie, asked: "Shall we join the ladies?" A feature of the evening was the excellent performance put up by Degroot's six-piece orchestra. Degroot is at present the greatest attraction of the Piccadilly Hotel where he plays in the foyer in the afternoon, in the dining room in the evening and in the ballroom at night. Declared the King: "I have never heard such a feast of music in my life"; the Queen, asked by Degroot if she would command him to play a '"number," replied...
...there was Alix, her daughter, a grave, dark child in her mid-teens. Alix spent half the year with her father's father, the remainder with Maman, under the terms of the divorce. Tradition, strongest in the outcast, dictated innocence for a jeune fille; ultimately a husband, un foyer. For jungle life outside society's pale, however free and beautiful, had its fierce dangers, its pain. A mother seeks to spare her daughter these-and Madame Vervier was a devoted mother...
There are also seven medals by Mr. Francis D. Millet '69, who lost his life on the Titanic. Five American wars and campaigns are represented by these. A bust of Mr. Millet may be found in the foyer outside the Reading Room...