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...King Edward, first kissing the wholesome Duchess of York and the graceful Duchess of Kent, took his stand in a great durbar tent pitched on the close-cropped lawn of Buckingham Palace for the first presentations of ladies in the new reign. (Gentlemen were presented in March and June...
...descent from the pole, shielded from direct view as it was by the tent, might have been accomplished in a number of ways. . . . Probably the manner of attaching the horizontal bar to the upright stick was such that, while supporting the Yogi, the bar could still be caused by vibration, to slide intermittently down the pole. To illustrate this process, take a round stick and a flat stick with a hole in one end the size of the cross-section of the round stick; slip the hole of the flat stick over the round stick, and attach a weight...
This demonstrates the principle of one possible way in which the descent may have been effected, the horizontal rod in this case projecting out from the vertical pole through the folds in the drape, and being disjoined and disposed of before the removal of the tent. But there are several other possible methods that the semi-secrecy of the tent would have permitted. In any event, Plunkett's assertion that "evidently we were not meant to see this part of the performance, or it would all have been done in the open" is incredibly...
...French Casino she appears with nothing but a stuffed swan's neck in front of her, dispenses with even that in her finale. Theatrically indignant at her surroundings last week, she declared: "Imagine me dancing in a tent! I came here thinking it was the Mayfair Casino; honestly I feel wicked as hell. I've never appeared this nude before, and my family don't know what to think." For Cleveland's 100-day combination of culture & carnival 1,000,000 tickets at 50? each have been sold in advance. Well aware that...
When the earthquake sound effects are over, the MacDonald sound effects begin again. Having rendered two night club ditties, "San Francisco," a mission anthem and part of the role of Marguerite in Faust, she is yodeling Nearer, My God, To Thee in a tent settlement when Blackie rediscovers her, kneels down to talk to God. A shrewd compendium of romance and catastrophe, with emphasis on the latter, skilfully administered by Director Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke, San Francisco is an excellent example of Hollywood's ability to make yesterday's headlines as exciting as today's. Good shot...