Word: swaffer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Called "clean" by kindly critics, it ran for three weeks, but did better in London. He began giving religio-psychological lectures, acquired a following at his "Tea Talks" at the Mayfair Hotel. He debated in Queen's Hall on "Christianity v. Spiritualism" with famed Journalist Hannen Swaffer. Last year Negro Anderson opened a temperance bar. His followers are planning to build a Temple dedicated to his message, which is simply, "You can do what you want if you believe...
...took notes, observed, wrote. Medium-sized, mustached, with fat stomach, square jaw, Author Maugham lives at Cap Ferrat, France, but travels whenever, wherever, he wishes. During the War he served in the intelligence service, British Army; was stationed in Russia, where bad, meagre food made him ill. Critic Hannen Swaffer once wrote Author Maugham asking him how to pronounce his name. Replied Maugham: "My name rhymes with waugham, as in 'a waugham...