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...short time in the U.S., Sir Gladwyn has acquired a following of fans. Last week, in a shower of congratulatory telegrams, was one message: "Bravo, bravo. You and your delegation are a credit to civilization. The Gross Family, 824 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn." Said Sir Gladwyn: "I thought it must be Ernie Gross's family [Ambassador Ernest Gross is Warren Austin's second-in-command]. But when I asked him, I found that there are a great many people named Gross in America. Fancy that...
...arbiters of gentlemanly elegance inclined to be lenient. Of course two handkerchiefs a day ("one to show, one to blow") was still the ironclad rule, but in a pinch, Savile Row's spokesmen agreed, a hard-pressed gentleman might be forgiven for using yesterday's shower for today's blower...
...most significant textile developments in the past ten years," thinks that manufacturers may soon be turning out men's all-year suits which can be washed along with the family laundry (Orion's resistance to sunlight and mildew also makes it suitable for auto tops, awnings and shower curtains). But most U.S. consumers will have to wait for Orion until Du Pont gets into volume production later this year...
...strong, gathered in the biting cold of winter from their widely scattered huts and hogans on the reservation. They were of all ages and most of them were wide-eyed and scared. None had ever been to school before. Almost none had ever seen a bed or a shower, or eaten with knife & fork. Only half could speak any English...
Although the food in the Leverett Dining Hall cannot be compared with that served in such houses as Adams and Dunster, we in Leverett have other advantages. Usually one can arise leisurely around 9:00, shower, shave, read the paper, or what have you and still get into the dining hall for breakfast around 9:20. And if you sleep even later, and present yourself at the door with a warm smile you can be served up till 9:30. On Sundays many of us at the "Hutch" do not eat breakfast until shortly before...