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...I.N.P. subscribers in the U.S., including the Hearstpapers, gave the warm, candid photographs a big splash. Taken by talented Papa Rossellini himself, they showed a lovely Bergman in short hairdo and maternal mood, a generally solemn-eyed baby. (But in one six-picture sequence, four-month-old Renato obligingly worked himself up to a bellylaugh under his father's skilled direction.) When Editor Mautner heard what Bureau Chief Chinigo had paid for the pictures, he redoubled his congratulations. The price: not one thin lira...
...Hotel Adolphus showrooms and on the display racks of busy shops along Commerce and Poydras Streets, 859 manufacturers showed off their styles, designed with the splash and color which have made Texas clothes a big-selling favorite of 20,000 retail stores in 3,500 cities and towns all over the U.S. To service these far-flung outlets, Dallas manufacturers have taken to air freight; last year Texas' own Slick Airways flew out 349,000 pounds of Dallas fashions, which have even invaded Manhattan...
...Sage of Baltimore' would be a good idea (and a part of one can be found in Mencken's autobiographical books: "Happy Days," "Newspaper Days," and "Heathen Days") but what Mr. Kemler was written is only a chronicle of the era in which his protagonist made his biggest splash in the backwaters of American culture...
...captivate tourists. First lecturer was the mayor himself, portly E. A. Bourque. Ottawans in general, the mayor told the class, should cut their lawns, paint their houses and keep their garbage cans out of sight. Above all, they ought to take care when driving through puddles not to splash pedestrians. "The people you splash might be tourists," he warned, "and tourists are highly insulted when splashed...
...Hasty Heart" didn't make much of a splash when it opened on Broadway a few seasons ago. John Patrick's play about a dour, friendless Scot in a British army hospital in Burma was perhaps a trifle unconventional for New York audiences. The fact that the Scot is slowly dying, although he doesn't know it, gave the play an undertone of tragedy. "The Hasty Heart" fared better in summer stock, where it has become a standby...