Word: gay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Majesty was nightly the focus of gay revels, and on the morning of King George's funeral was in such condition that a masseur named Stoebs was hastily summoned from a fashionable West End Turkish bath. He worked over King Carol and produced some results but it was considered necessary to continue the massage in the royal limousine as it sped to Westminster Hall. In ensuing confusion Masseur Stoebs, in his white duck trousers and civilian coat from beneath which peeped a white masseur's sweater, fell into step after groggy and bloodshot-eyed Carol II behind...
...were shows dedicated to girls, among them a stage star, Julia Sanderson, whom Frank married in 1927. They now co-star on the networks. To Ohio U., Frank Crumit, ex 12, has dedicated two songs. The Buckeye Battle Cry of Ohio State is also Frank's work, as is Gay Cabaliero. The latter is one of those things Frank can really deliver...
Wellesley is extremely sensitive to color combinations, too, it seems. Gay shirts are diverting, they find, but they must be worn with an eye to the general effect produced. Subtle, harmonizing combinations are in demand. No red-headed lad wearing pink shirts and purple ties with brown suits! A well-matched shirt, tie, and handkerchief seldom go unappreciated. On the other hand, black shirts are apt to be frowned on and no sympathy whatsoever is reserved for the unenlightened soul who appears in a gray and brown combination. "Revolting!" shudders the artistic Wellesley critic. "How can anyone stand a brown...
...into trouble with his wife, and then he gets out. But the present solution, which allows him to regain her wifely confidence by the simple expedient of his finding fame and fortune as a crooner, The Fireside Troubadour, and hence being in a position to dictate terms, gives a gay and irresponsible twist to this new story of the trials of Horton. Laura Hope Crews plays the repressed and libidinous aunt to Peggy Conklin, his estranged wife...
...President of the Republic." They had heard of Sacha's obtaining for an Anglophile member of his gang an introduction to the Prince of Wales at Biarritz. Finally they saw Sacha spend, and helped him spend, millions & millions of francs for every luxury Europe could offer gay Spender Stavisky...