Word: hostessing
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...witnesses tell it, Zantzinger downed two fast drinks at the bar, then whacked the restaurant's hostess and its elderly sommelier with a wooden carnival cane that he had picked up somewhere. Coaxed into checking the cane, he lunged at the wine steward's cordial tray, then his neck chain, caught a sharp elbow in the stomach in return. Zantzinger had two double bourbons with his steak; Jane Zantzinger, four double Cutty Sarks with her prime ribs. When the head barman refused to serve more, Jane hopped to another table, sipped from the glasses of its surprised occupants...
Married. Louis Prima. 51, gravel-voiced bandleader who made such jumpy music with Keely Smith that, until their 1961 divorce, they were the hottest husband-wife act in show biz; and Gia Maione, 21, onetime Howard Johnson's hostess and Prima's new thrush; he for the third time; in Gardnerville...
According to interviews, most unmarried day students would like to spend at least some nights in Radcliffe dormitories. Currently, a Radcliffe commuter receives the same treatment as any visitor not in college. She may stay in the dorm only by arranging to have a resident act as hostess. The hostess is then obliged to pay several dollars for linens (a fee that some interpret as an ill-disguised nuisance charge). The hostess is also responsible for being that her guest obeys rules, and must even after any penalties her guest incurs...
Porto et Poires. Renowned in Washington not only for her looks and her style, but for her abilities as a hostess, Madame Alphand turned out a dinner that had Francophiles kissing their finger tips in joy. It was, in short, les works: a delicate jole gras from Landes, a filet de boeuf Charolais sous la cendre garni renaissance, accompanied by a profound Chateau Gruaud-Larose en magnum 1952; an unassuming little hearts-of-lettuce salad with mimosa dressing. And for a windup, poires Mona Lisa-poached pears, swaddled in hot chocolate sauce, bundled into a pastry shell-trailed...
Whatever its material from burlap to brocade, a hostess gown assures the lady of the house comfort, glamour, and a kind of one-upmanship on her guests. After a day over the old hot stove, she can slip quickly and ungirdled into the easy camouflage of full-length draperies. And while her guests have had to settle for party dresses of unspectacular street length (the better to get in and out of cabs or family cars), they are sure to find their basic blacks outshone by the lady in skirts who rustles out from the kitchen with...