Word: showering
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Finally he succumbs to the infatuated, spoiled, neurotic and enchanting Irene who realizes that he loves her after he has cured one of her fits by sticking her, dressed, into a cold shower, on the ground that if he did not love her he could not have been so angry. Made out of material as old as show business and as tricky as cobwebs, My Man Godfrey emerges with that evasive quality that is not skillful playing, writing or direction, but something that mysteriously adds itself to these things, and makes a tip-top picture...
...Marion Futrell and a delegation of distinguished citizens who promptly took him to visit one of the city's hot-bath houses. After a two-hour luncheon at Utilitarian Harvey Crowley Couch's luxurious summer home on an island in Lake Catherine, driving back in a summer shower, the tourists stopped at an old log church, watched 30 pious folk dressed as pioneers, Indians and soldiers put on an oldtime camp meeting...
...swivel joint at the bow where it couples with the automobile. Inside, it is as compactly luxurious as the cabin of a small cruiser. A 14-footer may have three davenports which convert into beds, a stove, icebox, sink, large closets, table. A 20-footer may have two rooms, shower, chemical toilet, desk, chairs, breakfast nook. All sizes are neatly outfitted, with wood veneer on the walls, linoleum or rugs on the floor. All have running water, insulation, electric light, heat. Cost for factory-built models ranges from $400 to $1,200. The more expensive models this year are outselling...
...Charles is abnormally muddy at this season, so that a layer of silt became deposited upon their respective costumes. Anxious to remedy the faux pas the young man was quick to suggest they retire to his room, where by means of a forceful stream of water from the shower fixture overhead they removed the silt from their clothes-simultaneously...
...Friedrichshafen at 9 p.m. An hour later practically all passengers had tired of peering at the lights of Germany, adjourned to the bar. Stewards wandered about with telegrams. A man played incessantly on the aluminum piano. Lady Wilkins had the honor of taking the first bath in the icy shower. By midnight most passengers were abed. A few diehards like Lady Grace Drummond Hay sat up all night...