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...dozen godchildren, and legions of good friends who disagreed with every one of his opinions and prejudices. He had a passion for great literature, classical music and for people (even preachers, politicians and boobs). He liked nothing better than a terrapin dinner, washed down with good beer (and a toast to Lydia E. Pinkham), followed by an Upmann cigar and an evening of sparkling conversation. In his robust way, he loved America, once said: "As an American I naturally spend most of my time laughing." He also loved his life, which he summed up in a famous epitaph for himself...
Mellowing (49) Singer Josephine Baker, onetime (circa 1927) light-brown toast of Paris when she danced without wraps at the Folies-Bergère, was far past her spicy past. At her 460-acre estate near Périgord in southwestern France, Expatriate Baker was busily tending the fabrication of a startling memorial to herself...
...traditional toast at the end of the Passover meal...
...serving take two dressed quail, simmer in one pint of chicken broth for 15 minutes; remove birds from broth and pluck meat from bones, returning the meat (finely chopped) to broth until cooked; thicken with one tablespoon of flour, season to taste and serve on toast points or with hominy grits. (The President prefers grits...
...Second Major. In his first year on TV, it looked as if the decision would go to the critics. Ed's sponsor, Emerson Radio, dropped him after 26 weeks. Then he heard that CBS was offering Toast of the Town to prospective buyers-with or without Ed Sullivan. Ed's salvation came from Detroit, where the Ford Motor Co. grabbed the show. Mercury General Sales Manager Joe Bayne, an old radio veteran who had worked with Major Bowes in the heyday of his Amateur Hour, says: "It took us less than 20 minutes to decide on Ed Sullivan...