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Prone to Trouble. Judge Alexander, 67, a Negro who worked as a waiter, dining-car chef and Pullman porter in his teens and then graduated with honors from Harvard Law School ('23), first analyzed the question of need. He noted that the poor "are just prone to legal trouble. It is, in a sense, a way of life with them." As a judge, Alexander has "seen at first hand the helplessness and bewilderment of the poor when faced with the legalities of our complex society." The poor need lawyers not only to stay out of jail, he said...
Over the years he became a polished comic who never had to resort to blue material to get a laugh. In fact, he was responsible for the biggest clean joke in theater history. As a speakeasy waiter in the 1927 musical Manhattan Mary, he hovered over a gangster who asked him what there was to eat. "Jelly roll," suggested the comedian, "or perhaps the gentleman would like some nice ladyfingers." "Ladyfingers!" roared the gunsel. "My God, I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!" Whereupon Wynn ran offstage and returned leading a full-grown sway-backed horse...
...Chicago federal judge shot down Danny's suit, ruling that he was not entitled to damages for violation of a right that did not exist before the Supreme Court ruled in his own case. Plagued by his prison record, Danny has drifted in and out of jobs -clerk, waiter...
...condition that he remain concealed behind a screen. Or James Gordon Bennett, owner of the New York Herald, who bought a restaurant in Monte Carlo one day because he could not get a seat by the window, cleared the restaurant of customers, lunched at leisure and then gave a waiter the deed to the place...
...Hairdresser Sassoon, 38, whose cut can be seen both at Courreges in Paris and on Princess Meg; Ace Photographer David Bailey, 27, professional associate of Antony Armstrong-Jones; and Doug Haywood, 28, Chelsea's "in-nest" private tailor. The conversation revolves about the evils of apartheid because the waiter has brought a pack of South African cigarettes, but it lacks heat, since everyone agrees that Verwoerd is a boor. Besides, the big concern of the group is the Chelsea soccer team's match, scheduled for this afternoon. They are the team's most ardent rooting squad, meeting...