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When the ship goes wop (with a wiggle between) And the steward falls into the souptureen And the trunks begin to slide . . . Why, then you will know (if you haven't guessed) You're Fifty North and Forty West!"-Rudyard Kipling
One of last week's guests was Marie Dubas, a top Parisian torchsinger whose hair, like that of many Frenchwomen, has turned red as she has approached middle age. She took off with a harrowing recitation of Kipling's My Son, then did three songs. The best: Mon...
Copey's broadcast will feature, as always, the description of Christmas dinner at the Cratchits' from Dickens' "Christmas Carol." The first radio appearance in his long succession of Yuletide recitals will also include the Biblical description of the Nativity and Rudyard Kipling's "Mandalay."
What is left of the article, after the south has been disposed of, might well be informative reading to alert Americans. While admiring American skyscrapers, washing machines and personal vitality, Ehrenburg is vexed by the lack of tradition, midwestern Babbittism and political naivete of the people. Ehrenburg is offended by...
Kipling's Rustum Beg of Kolazai "lusted for a C.S.I." (Companion of the Star of India) so avidly that he "built a Gaol and Hospital-nearby built a City drain-till his faithful subjects all thought their ruler was insane." When Rustum Beg was awarded only a lowly C.I.E...