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Married. Mrs. Nora Langhorne Phipps, youngest of the five famed Langhorne sisters of Virginia who inspired the (Charles Dana) Gibson Girl* and Maurice Bennett ("Lefty"') Flynn, Yaleman, onetime All-American football star, thrice before married and divorced (Irene Claire, Blanche Shrove Palmer, Cinemactress Viola Dana); in London. Mrs. Flynn knew her husband in Oregon many years ago, was not divorced from British Architect Paul Phipps until last month in London. A zealous photographer who sought to photograph bride & groom was knocked out by husky Mr. Flynn...
...Nora Bayes, Sam Bernard, Hazel Dawn, Al Jolson and some others are sitting with Diamond Jim and Lillian, a quiet, friendly supper party with wit and wine. Miss Russell asks Miss Bayes to sing. Miss Bayes, reincarnated in electric yet mellow Ruth Etting, arises simply and simply sings "Shine on Harvest Moon." Hardened revue-goers call it the smash song of this summer on Broadway, all Little Shows and Band Wagons notwithstanding...
...Wonder Bar is a Viennese importation using the modern (and ancient) device of making the whole theatre the stage. It is notable solely for the fact that it brings Singer Asa Yoelson (Al Jolson) back to the legitimate stage after an absence of five years. The Nora Bayes Theatre is transformed into a huge cafe. Swarms of waiters, chasseurs, patrons, pages, barmen, gigolos and handsome poules de luxe make their entrances through the aisles, and the proprietor, Al Jolson, works hard to pull the production together by circulating through the audience, greeting startled latecomers, insisting that there is "never...
...London, the will of Arthur Pepper, who left property of ?95, gave power of attorney to a relative named Ann Bertha Cecilia Diana Emily Fanny Gertrude Hypatia Inez Jane Kate Louisa Maud Nora Ophelia Quince Rebecca Starkey Teresa Ulysses Venus Winifred Xenophon Yetta Zenus Pepper...
...Litchfield, Conn., Mrs. Nora Mary McMullen Lee, onetime (1900-12) wife of Secretary of the Treasury Andrew-William Mellon, said she would not remarry but for convenience would again be known as Mrs. Mellon. "Now that Mr. Lee is no longer here," said she, ''there seems no reason for continuing the name. And, too, my son [Paul Mellon] is very anxious that I should take his name...