Word: savoyism
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...arguing the Atlantic Charter with H. G. Wells-or eating fish pie in the Archbishop of Canterbury's sombre palace. You might find her talking with Labor Minister Ernest Bevin at the Trade Union Club-playing tennis with Ronald Tree of the Information Ministry-dining at the Savoy with Hore-Belisha. . . . She is probably the only woman who ever appeared at a formal Cliveden dinner in a tricked-up red bathrobe. (She had left all her clothes in Paris when the Nazis came.) But the next week she was dancing a cockney tango with some of England...
Relations between U.S. and British and other Allied forces are most excellent in London. They amiably crowd the same corner pubs, complain about prices at the Savoy and Ritz, jostle each other in Piccadilly Circus and Trafalgar Square. In Hyde Park, baseball and softball games are now an evening institution. British civilians gather enthusiastically, but do not understand the game and cheer in the wrong places...
...while it looked as if Boston was going to enjoy the greatest season of jazz in its history. Last week the decline set in. Of the two remaining places where you could douse yourself in decent jazz, the Ken was sold and its policy changed, and the Savoy announced that it would move...
Much more hopeful are the prospects at the Savoy. For one thing, Sabby Lewis' band is easily the best jazz music in Boston. For another, when the Savoy moves, the band and the policy, including Sunday jam sessions, will still be the same. The big question is, will the Savoy atmosphere be the same? It makes a lot of difference where jazz is concerned...
...still tempted to try the Ken, you'll find it hiding behind a White Tower Hamburger Stand, just beyond the Metropolitan Theatre in downtown Boston. To get to the Savoy, take an Egleston car at Park Street, get off at West Newton Street, and walk right one block...