Word: napkined
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was a Dutch cap made of a kitchen towel, trimmed with four napkin rings, a cookie cutter and a tea strainer. There was a tricorn glittering with plastic cutlery, grapefruit knives and ice tongs, and a hat of a sponge pierced with iced-tea spoons. The queer fact about these hats was that they were all becoming. Ben says: "The sale is made in the mirror...
Snacko. In Richmond, Calif., William Ashe walked into a bank, tried to deposit a paper napkin, belatedly realized he had thrown away a $71 roll of bills after a snack in a cafe...
...Jimmy Rushing trucked onto the stage for his number, "that guy's just about five by five." "That," said Tunesmith De Paul, "is an idea for a song." By the time the evening was over, Raye and De Paul had written the song out complete-on a paper napkin. Four years later Mister Five By Five, plugged to popularity by Bandleader Freddie Slack...
...even simpler mask is advocated by Dr. Kearney Sauer of the Los Angeles Citizens' Defense Corps: two twelve-inch squares of bed sheeting with a quarter-inch layer of baking soda between, held in even distribution by crisscross stitching. Dampened and held firmly over the face, this napkin will give temporary protection against any gas, according to Dr. Sauer-but not the Army...
...Janeiro, Brazil's President Getulio Vargas celebrated May Day by treating Good-Will Tourist Douglas Fairbanks Jr. to a 9? lunch at a workers' restaurant. While they ate, loudspeakers blared Emily Post slogans. Sample: "Don't wipe your mouth on the tablecloth; use a paper napkin." Goodwillman Fairbanks was lionized by Rio society, cheered by 50,000 football fans. Asked by newspapermen why Hollywood presents so distorted a view of Latin-American life (see p. 34), quick-witted Actor Fairbanks replied that Hollywood often presented a pretty distorted picture of U.S. life...