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Thus last week, with the pomp of a court circular, did Buchmanism-heretofore quartered in Brown's Hotel, London - announce the acquisition of famed 18th Century Lord Clive's 34-room house in swankest Mayfair. Minimum price in the neighborhood: $50,000. Dr. Buchman, born in unswank Pennsburg, Pa., will make Berkeley Square his home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Social Note | 8/22/1938 | See Source »

...George, who is writing his memoirs and is the object of much sympathy in fashionable Mayfair, then blurred the sharp outlines of the "slap at Hitler" by going off to week-end with the Fuhrer's greatest friend in England, the Most Hon. The Marquess of Londonderry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: New Subject | 8/8/1938 | See Source »

...addition to these personalities, the Smoker Committee has engaged several outstanding acts, including The Three Whirlwinds, a roller-skating trio; Rose Roland, tap dancer recently featured at the Club Mayfair; juggler Raymond Pike; the Darling Siaters, singing trio; and the Blonde Tappers formerly at the Brown Derby. Al Zimmerman's orchestra will furnish the music...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CELEBRITIES TOP BILL TONIGHT AT FRESHMAN SMOKER | 5/5/1938 | See Source »

Rose Roland, dancer of the Club Mayfair, and the Darling sisters, three singing and dancing girls, will add their bit to the festivities. From two Brown Derby come the Blond Tappers, musical comedy stars. In all these acts, the accompaniment will be provided by Al Zimmerman and his orchestra...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sally Rand Will Make Appearance at Freshman Smoker Program Thursday | 5/2/1938 | See Source »

...hours after handsome Anthony Eden resigned as Britain's Foreign Secretary, Glasgow haberdashers marked down the Eden-style black Homburg from ?1 to four shillings. In London's West End, however, it still held its own. "It has too much character," said one Mayfair hatter, "to be blown off by a political breeze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 7, 1938 | 3/7/1938 | See Source »

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