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...myself: i.e., only 400 francs for room, 135 francs for lunch and dinner, about 200 francs in necessary tips, except before dinner when I invited two business friends to the room for a drink. Somebody had given me a bottle of vermouth and the headwaiter assured me he could furnish a bottle of gin to make some Martinis. When the waiter arrived with the gin he asked me if I would mind paying for it in cash. I said I would be glad to and how much was it? 2000 francs! So this little bit of hospitality cost me just...
...Brestel mastering 31 of the 87 ports required but stopped deciding what the "Madagals" of Keonjhargorh like for breakfast. "Tiny" Long racing around town trying to furnish and provision up that 21 room mansion, he, Max Kirschbaum, Russ parker, Art Marx, and a dozen others are planning to occupy next term...
...have set up an information staff to answer your questions about New York-its shopping centers, its recreations, its many restaurants-or any other information it is in our power to furnish, whether about the city, ourselves, or anything else. Representatives of our Educational and Club Bureaus will be on hand to talk to teachers and club people, and on the mezzanine is a quiet reading room where anyone interested can find bound volumes of all our magazines available for any "looking backward" he may want...
Other items required included a car--preferably a convertible coupe--and a corsage. A ride in a taxi was acceptable, but not enthusiastically received. Dance committees did not then request, "No Corsages Please." Often even a date to see a play required a man to furnish flowers. Gardenias (two or more) were commonplace. An orchid was more or less expected at a formal dance...
Music to accompany the dancing couples will be provided by Ken Reeves and his popular orchestra. The band's female vocalist will furnish an additional eyeful to climax the evening's entertainment...