Word: piano
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Frampton, the sculptor; miniature books, with hand-written extracts by over a hundred British authors, including an original play by Barrie; music specially composed by Dame Ethel Smyth and other great ones; replicas of the royal jewels by Miss Winifred Whiteside, a 19-year-old miniaturist; tiny grand piano, Rolls-Royce car, typewriters, telephones, rugs, tapestries, kitchen utensils, bathroom and plumbing fixtures, heating system, electric elevators, completely appointed wardrobes, golf clubs, guns and foils-everything necessary to royal existence-are there. All is English-made and in the best English taste. A complete royal family of six-inch dolls, representative...
...inimitable one-man vaudeville show into town last night. .' . . Mr. de Pachmann favored his audience with an almost continuous monologue, addressing little speeches to them between his numbers and commenting on his performance as he went along. He registered comic despair when he found difficulty in adjusting the piano stool to his satisfaction, gestured elaborately between phrases, grimaced, scowled melodramatically and indulged in various other monkey shines...
...fair rose of Briton, rather false hair like we see advertised, her somewhat perfect nose would scarce be noticed to have been turned up, owing to sleeping on her stomach". At the same time "she was just a lowborn girl, but none could beat her at playing the piano". And Mr. Withersq is no piker. He crashes right into a Bohemian festival the first night out, visits the exotic "Mauve Loft" the next morning and by evening has been officially appointed Head Poet of England...
...first act, the audience was astounded by a regular cabaret scene, with a table, a piano, and two short turns, each of which was loudly encored. Miss Jill Middleton proved to be a very satisfactory dancer, and Miss Bushnell recited a song with deadly effect. She recited the same song several other times at critical moments, and also another song. But as a singer, Miss Bushnell is a wonderful-looking actress...
Emilio Puerto '27 of Mexico played several piano selections after the speaking...