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Well, that was all right, but what did the Duc do but turn up, broke, at the very hotel where everybody else in the cast was stopping, and start earning an honest living there as a waiter under the name of Henri Dupont? And what did little daughter do but feel strangely drawn at once to the elegant waiter who reminded her so of the papa she loved? And then, of course, there were two more acts, all full of complications. The Duc lied about himself like a French gentleman, and said he wasn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: May 12, 1923 | 5/12/1923 | See Source »

...success and light amours. Born and brought up in Indiana, the death of his father left him penniless and he vagabonded around the United States for some years, selling bonds or real estate or fraternity jewelry with equal indifference and success and falling back on odd jobs as a waiter or laborer when broke. He was an easy spender and a rolling stone and his Wander-jahre brought him the knowledge of three things?that he had a certain gift as a smoking-car or pool-parlor raconteur, that he was attractive to women, and that, as he grew older...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Our Free Country | 5/5/1923 | See Source »

...what it is.' " General Pershing: "I issued an order that the Army should improve its style in correspondence. Conciseness, brevity, careful wording, correct paragraphing and the personal touch-these things make the perfect letter, and the perfect letter-writer." Battling Siki: "Because I punched the face of a waiter in a cafe, a Paris newspaper suggested that 'in the name of all organizations calling for good sportsmanship, Siki be captured, chained and sent back to his native Senegal, where he can enjoy himself with the rest of the savages." Florence Reed: "At a committee hearing on a bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imaginary Interviews: Apr. 21, 1923 | 4/21/1923 | See Source »

...Beranger" A Young Man, Alexander Hamilton '25 A Grisette, Miss Maryalice Secoy Marie, Madelaine, Miss Dorothy Googins Marguerite, Desaugiers, William C. Jackson 1G. A Waiter, W. S. Wilson '26 A Servant Girl, Miss June Wellman Members of the Caveau of 1813, C. H. Morgan 2d '24 Philip Wardner '24 Whitney Cromwell '26 W. C. Treat '23 E. J. Bliss Jr. '26 The Proprietor of the Inn, 1813, R. A. Zinn '24 Beranger, John Collier '24 Monsieur de Talleyrand, Conrad Salinger '23 Two Young Girls, Miss Gertrude Hoffman Miss Persis McClennan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MODERN STAGE METHODS TO FEATURE DRAMATIC CLUB PLAYS NEXT WEEK | 4/4/1923 | See Source »

There is still a large number of rugs, punch bowls, glasses (etc.) which were left at Memorial Hall after the Junior Dance. The box chairmen responsible for these articles should see the Head Waiter at Memorial as soon as possible, preferably between 10 and 11.45 o'clock and 2 and 4.45 o'clock in regard to their recovery. 1924 Dance Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JUNIOR DANCE | 3/12/1923 | See Source »

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