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...valet and a curious, high-backed, fringed, 50-pound piano stool which is as indispensable to Paderewski's playing as the piano itself. Waiting for him in Manhattan was the private Pullman which will be his home during the next three months. Waiting also was his faithful piano-tuner, grey-haired Boston-born Eldon Joubert, who has accompanied him on all his U. S. tours since...
...always houses a staff of seven men. Besides Secretary Strakacz, who plays bridge with him on long jumps, and Piano-tuner Joubert, who carries around an atlas and answers questions about the populations and industries of the towns they visit, the most indispensable member of this staff is his private chef. With romantic Paderewski, food is a romantic passion. He is partial to lamb, chicken and turkey, worships caviar, pheasant and sweet champagne. If he is about to visit a town famous for some particular dish, he always telegraphs ahead to have some of it specially prepared...
Anybody who needs in ichthyologist, a marine, an actuarian, a piano tuner, a vagrant, or a grocer should consult the Senior Class. What is more, these are not the only unusual careers chosen by the 1075 members of the Class of 1936 who will appear in the Album...
...Hardwick has just made his theatrical debut in "Ethan Frome"; Timothy Fuller is about to have a detective story published by Little, Brown & Co.; Thomas H. Dowd, Jr. is a second lieutenant in the 315th cavalry of the United States Army; and H. B. Jones is a professional piano tuner...
...pound, Kibrick; 125-pound, Stewart; 135-pound, Sherlock; 145-pound, Ellis; 155-pound, Oakes; 165-pound, Wysocki; 175-pound, Nee; heavyweight, Tuner...