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Having finally eased one's self out of the Hotel via the inimitable revolving doors, ride up Connecticut Avenue to Restaurant Pierre's on the second floor of a "cute little building." Here one may partake of hors d'oeuvre, sip an Old-Fashioned, feel embarrassed when a mannikin displaying her wares is taken for somebody else displaying her wares. Feel provincial, as one listens to a sparkling conversation in French between two First Secretaries of embassies--or perhaps "they're only military attaches." Point out to your friend that "that new stylists hats looks like George Washington...
...gives his patient a sip of barium sulphate in thick cream and a moment later has him rub his belly. This kneads the stomach and spreads the barium cream evenly into all the wrinkles, leaving their ridges bare and transparent to x-rays. The roentgenogram appears striped. Every deflected stripe indicates potentially serious trouble. Dr. Hampton now is trying to adapt the same method to showing the haustra, or tucks, of the colon which often churn up disease...
...painted," said Mr. Higgins last week. "In the old Sazerac Bar on Royal Street I have seen the same men come in every day between 4 p. m. and dinner time, for years. They ordered absinthe frappe, a long cold drink you can sip while you sit and read your afternoon paper or talk with friends. There were scores of men who always took that one drink a day before dinner, and who I never saw take two drinks of absinthe the same...
...absinthe spoon pierced with holes which is held above a tall glass. Some begin by putting absinthe in the glass, pouring water over the sugar. Others begin with water in the glass, pour absinthe over the sugar and achieve the same effect, a cloudy, greenish, diluted drink. Only fools sip absinthe straight...
...thee, and be thankful. On this passage in the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer is based a rule, observed in 95% of the Church's 8,222 parishes and missions, that at Holy Communion all who wish to partake shall go to the altar rail and take a sip of sherry from a common chalice. The cup may be wiped from time to time with a "purificator napkin. Last week The Churchman, liberal fortnightly, which has crusaded against Cinema Tsar Will Hays, "Buchmanism" and various Episcopal bishops,* was battling vigorously against the common cup. Its chief exhibits appeared...