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...proper family man as well as national deity. He rose early each morning (6 or 7 a.m.), shaved himself, bowed before the little shrine of his ancestors in his copper-domed Tokyo castle, breakfasted in foreign style on coffee, bacon & eggs, shuffled through the papers on his desk. Thirteen times a year, clad in the white silk robe of high priest, he officiated at major Shinto rites. His wartime frugality set an example to all. He had his underwear thriftily mended, cut imported cigarets and wine from the palace list...
...order to build in a better part of town. Then he set out after new members. He told his parishioners that he believes that church member ship is a "seven-day-a-week proposition"; if they wanted to belong, they would have to keep busy. They do-in thirteen women's and social clubs, four youth groups, two missionary societies, a day nursery...
...terse Tass dispatch from Vienna reported: a conference of Austrian political parties had proclaimed a new "Austrian Provisional Government." Chancellor and Foreign Minister was aging (74) Dr. Karl Renner, veteran Social Democrat, head of the Austrian peace delegation in 1919, first Chancellor of the Austrian Republic (1919-20). Thirteen other Cabinet posts were parceled among a coalition of Social Democrats (four), Christian Social (four), Communists (three) and Independents...
...Glass Menagerie (by Tennessee Williams; produced by Eddie Dowling & Louis J. Singer) arrived on Broadway (after a thirteen-week run in Chicago) to receive a loud welcome from Manhattan critics. As a play, The Glass Menagerie has its faults and needless frills. As a piece of theater, however, it is appealing and unusual, clothing an uneventful family history in plenty of stage color. And in the role of the mother, Laurette Taylor gives the most fascinating and memorable performance of the season...
Lady in Retirement. Perhaps Broadway's most gifted actress, Laurette Taylor has appeared there only once before (in a revival of Outward Bound) during the last thirteen years. In the popular mind, indeed, her name is entirely linked with a play she starred in 33 years ago-Peg o' My Heart. Actress Taylor played Peg (the work of her husband, prolific Playwright J. Hartley Manners) 600 times on Broadway, 500 in London, then another 500 in Manhattan. To her it was "the worst play that Hartley ever wrote. It was written too much for me. I had everything...