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...Passings Show of 1924" has nothing out of the ordinary to present. There are the usual sumptuous sets such as the Beaded Bag, King Arthur's Round Table, the Crown Finale, and the Porcelain Groups. There are the inevitable vaudeville acts of Jack Rose, and also Lulu McConnell, There is singing by Ruth Gillette and LeRoy Duffield, in which the latter is forced to take his voice cruelly beyond its range. There is dancing by almost everybody, but more particularly by the diminutive Harrington sisters, the Trado twins (male), the Lockfords (m. and f.), Bessie Hay, and Eleanor Willems. Miss...
...only the person but the office of the chief executive of the United States, was not only in decidedly poor taste, and un-American, but also very unlike the Harvard spirit. It will be resented by many who, though perhaps disagreeing with the appropriateness of the ban on a sumptuous inauguration (not "the coronation of the Peepul's annointed"), nevertheless see in his action the conscientious endeavor to put into practice the principles he advocates. J. S. Robinson...
...sidewalk, followed by people "prominent in social or theatrical cir- cles," searching for a clew in the "treasure hunt." The clew, discovered either by Gladys Cooper (English actress) or Talullah Bankhead (U. S. actress) led to the home (Norfolk House) of Mrs. Brown, Pittsburgh millionairess, who served them a sumptuous repast and dashing music. (None of the above facts could be verified.) . . . At a dinner to members of his Cabinet at the Wembley Exhibition, Premier MacDonald announced that he had been offered by a U. S. agency thousands of pounds for his biography, doubled if he would write a biography...
Stepping into a sumptuous motor after Ledoux' fight, the "G. O. M." was wafted back to Great Neck to continue his training for Gene Tunney and the American light-heavyweight title on July 24. Callers continued plentiful. They dropped in to scrutinize, criticize, ogle, or just greet. The rustle of skirts was heard almost continuously. Conversation was reported as running along social, theatrical, bootlegging lines. Georges took his exercises regularly, strenuously, but gave the impression that they were work...
...broadside of press-agentry heralded the American visit of Epinard, Pierre Westheimer's famed French four-year-old. When the Berengaria docked, he felt his way ashore from sumptuous quarters. Belmont Park, Latonia, Aqueduct crowds will watch him next Fall...