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Night spot rendezvous of debutantes, collegians, actresses, writers, celebrities, exhibitionists, setting for many a devastating crack, many a feeble, alcoholic punch, is Manhattan's famed Stork Club. Two and a half years ago it became the setting for a labor brawl. Smooth, drawling Manager Sherman Billingsley fired nine waiters because, said he, they were incompetent. Incompetence included: garlic breaths, manicuring their nails in the restaurant, ordering drinks for customers, then drinking them themselves, getting cozy with patrons, not keeping tables clean...
...late Rt. Rev. George Herbert Kinsolving, 6 ft. 4 in. and hefty, became Episcopal Bishop of Texas ("Texas George"). Reminded, after his election, of General Sherman's statement that "if he owned Hell and Texas, he would farm out Texas and live in Hell," Texas George replied: "Since in the inscrutable providence of God, the General has been granted his choice, I think I'll go down and see what I can do with the farm." The late Rt. Rev. Lucien Lee Kinsolving, tall and handsome brother of Texas George, founded the first Protestant mission in Brazil...
...Hotel Sherman claims that Shaw is opening there on April 1. Since this contract was signed before Shaw left upstage, it's possible that it is more wishful thinking. However, if he does put in an appearance, it's going to be interesting to see how the trade bears up after having Fats Waller, Gene Krupa, Jimmy Dorsey, Count Basie, and Woody Herman--good bands all. Furthermore, such statements as this one of Shaw's bode ill from both swing and dancing viewpoints: "I will attempt to have a swing band playing at such, augmented by legitimate instruments playing legitimately...
...well-tailored knee, resigned. Charlie's hour was cut to 30 minutes, shorn of his sarongster stooge Dorothy Lamour. The advertising business buzzed with Standard Brands' changes: J. Walter Thompson kept coffee, tea and yeast; Royal Baking Powder went to McCann-Erickson; Royal Gelatin Dessert to Sherman K. Ellis. The advertising budget, about $5,500,000 in 1939, came in for some pruning...
This week's Saturday Evening Post marked the return of Richard Sherman '28 into that magazine's limited group of contributors...