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Mornings are difficult--what with people surging hither and yon in their daily occupations, the assaults of the shoe-shine boys, the little league, the baby carriage brigade and the woman shoppers; the subterranean rumble of the subway, the distant cacophony of bells, the mingled shouts of children and clash of pin-ball machines. Saddened (perhaps by the morning's news or the "No Loitering" sign), Harold sometimes sits at the corner table by the window and counts green book bags passing by or reads Kafka or sublimates with secretaries on their way to work...
...most torrid new torchbearers in that old nightclub marathon are a couple of tawny, husky-voiced singers named Sallie Blair and Abbey Lincoln. Both have a captivating, come-hither way with a song, and the sinuous good looks that make audiences pay attention from ringside clear back to the chromium bar stools. In Manhattan and Detroit last week, Sallie, 24, and Abbey, 27, were peddling Topic A with a gusto that few singers have displayed since Dorothy Dandridge and Eartha Kitt started giving night classes in it for the tavern trade...
Morocco's touring King Mohammed V, eager to see all he could of the U.S. in 16 days, almost had reason to regret his wanderlust, so rapidly was he whisked hither and yon. At Disneyland, the King successfully took the throttle of the locomotive that draws a miniature 1890-style train around the park. While in Texas, Mohammed decided to summon his four daughters-Lalla Aisha, 27, (TIME, Nov. 11), Lalla Malika, 20, Lalla Nuzha, 17, and little Lalla Amina, 4-from Rabat, to share with them the last six days of his whirlwind visit. He sped...
...received the Neiman-Marcus Golden Anniversary Award as "the great innovator who emancipated the feminine silhouette," transforming it from undulating, feminine curves to flapper angularities with emphasis on comfort, jersey, pearls, the triangular scarf, the pleated skirt, shawls, colored gloves for night parties, and cloche hats for that come-hither look -and Chanel No. 5 for that come-hither smell. In a baffling statement of first principles, the woman who banished the waistline, eliminated hips and deflated the bosom, announced: "The most important thing is to look feminine." Confusing the issue still more, Coco added, "The only line...
...Radio Workshop (Fri. 8:30 p.m., CBS). The Hither and Thither of Danny Dither, a children's morality opera for grownups...