Word: slicings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Greater than usual must have been Producer Ziegfeld's sense of relief to know this show was "over." He has a profit sharing contract with William Randolph Hearst, owner of the Ziegfeld theatre. Publisher Kobler of the Mirror is supposed to have a "slice" of the production; so is Ticket Broker Joe Leblang's widow. Working for others, Ziggy felt he must be surer than ever of success. Accordingly he aimed pointblank at the middle-aged male who is the basic support of all girl shows, by having shapely Faith Bacon open the proceedings with nothing on at all. Gladys...
After lunch, Wanda Morgan was only one down but in the afternoon she began to slice her drives, lost the match on the 30th green when Enid Wilson was seven up. Champion Wilson's father had promised her either an automobile or a trip to the U. S. if she won. She chose the latter, planned to compete in the Women's Championships of both the U. S. and Canada...
...many a potent defender, among them the American Golfer (habitually friendly to acts of the U. S. G. A.). Said Associate Editor Innis Brown last week: "Admitting that the new ball widens the chasm between the high handicap man and the low; and that it tends to accentuate the slice; yet the 'dub' who could not get the maximum result from the old ball, can from the new. The new ball was designed to bring back the use of wooden clubs and long irons on the fairway-the use of clubs for which the course was designed...
...account for himself and a discretionary account for a customer who was abroad. He would shout "name later" when he gave orders in the morning. If the transaction showed a profit he would put it in his account. This was against rules but the order clerk got a nice slice. Harrison Welch was running a pool and arranged with certain customers' men that they would get $1 a share for every share they sold. Customers' men have short office hours. But their work extends far into the night. Wherever there are rich people there are customers...
GRAND HOTEL?Large scale handling of the slice-of-life technique...