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Nice to See You. As the zero hour approached, friends pleaded and entreated with Marc to change his mind, to no avail. On the morning of Sept. 28, gloom hung like a pall in the bar of Le Practic. Even VoVo lay silent, crouched in a corner. Then someone, peering from the window, cried, "Why, there's Marc now!" And down the street, wearing the neat, pin-stripe suit that fitted him so snugly, came Marc. "I've decided to give myself a reprieve," he beamed. "Beefsteak with pepper, please, Madame. Well, it's nice...
...cute remarks. There are even moments when he does nothing more than play the piano agreeably. But with his full kit of comedy tools, he not only blends words and music, but mixes satire with nonsense, the irrelevant with the irreverent. And if what he does begins to pall a little, there is still a genuine fascination in how he does...
...PALL MALL and other king-size cigarettes now selling at the same price as regular-length cigarettes will probably go up 1½ a pack this fall. Chesterfield, Philip Morris and Old Gold, whose kings already cost a penny more, have not found sales hurt...
...Lord's Supper. The liturgy of the Holy Communion was said as the Archbishop led the Queen to the Communion rail. Kneeling, she removed her Crown and offered the oblation which custom demands of monarchs: "An ingot or wedge of gold, of a pound weight," and "a pall or altar cloth." Philip, her husband, stepped to her side, and while the choir sang the hymn, All People That on Earth Do Dwell, man & wife received the bread and wine. Together, they led the prayer: "Our Father, Which art in Heaven . . ." Thus, freely confessing that "Thine is the kingdom...
...mile route of the coronation procession, Londoners and gawk-eyed visitors cheered London's bright new look. For months, the old city had looked as untidily unattractive as a dowager in a wrapper, curlers and mudpack. Statues were boarded up, the handsome old clubs in St. James and Pall Mall were defaced with iron scaffoldings, half of Westminster Square lay awash in cold rows of unpainted platforms and stands. But as if on signal last week, the curlers and mudpack came off, and London glowed with color and excitement. The official coronation decorations, designed by Sir Hugh Casson (architect...