Word: geste
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...husband, Sergei, are White emigres from Russia, where they "lost nearly all that is dear to anyone-country, home, family, wealth and social standing." Soon as they arrived in the U. S., in 1923, Sergei was offered a $250-a-week job as an actor, in Mowris Gest's pantomime, The Miracle. But he quit during rehearsals. To him and his wife the play was "sheer blasphemy," its point appalling and incomprehensible. They found it hard to believe that "the Mother of God would deceive people just to protect the sins of a nun." The Goritzins, who spoke emigre...
Tail of Efficiency Expert Bedaux's meteoric career across U. S. front pages last week was a cablegram couched in politely medieval salutations and released to the press by Arthur Kudner, Inc. Said the cablegram: "Sire: I respectfully sug gest and in your behalf implore that you relieve me completely from all my duties in connection with your American tour. I remain, Sire, your devoted friend, Charles E. Bedaux...
...stopped Indianapolis' newspaper presses for over 24 hours. Eleven nearby towns were darkened and service on three interurban lines halted when the Indiana Railroad's shop men and powerhouse walked out. Dead locked with C.I.O. over a demand for more pay, managers of twelve of the big gest downtown department and 5? & 10? stores in Providence moved to forestall sit-downs by suddenly shutting up shop at the height of Saturday and pre-Easter buying, locking out their 5,000 employes...
Meanwhile in West Orange, N. J. a woman preparing to address her club on Peace memorized parts of the Lewis essay. Certain phrases had a familiar ring. Looking back through earlier research she came upon an article in the December Peace Di gest by President Frank Kingdon of the University of Newark. She compared the prize-winning essay with the Kingdon arti cle, found them identical. Dr. Kingdon was notified, tried to reach Eddie Cantor before he started his weekly broadcast, failed. He hastened to spill his news to a friend on the staff of the Newark Evening News...
Producer Morris Gest announced in Manhattan that the only native actress in the old Chinese fantasy Lady Precious Stream, which opened this week in Manhattan, would be Yuen Tsung (''Maimie") Sze, daughter of Chinese Ambassador to the U. S. Sao-ke Alfred Sze. Pretty, bang-haired "Maimie" Sze has not seen China since she was 5. Educated in the U. S. and England, she was president of her Wellesley class (1931), has since spent most of her time painting. Of her forthcoming stage career she said: "It's not entirely fun. ... I feel honored...