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...observation platform of her train, got so dirty from soot that ''a dignified gentleman" threatened to have her put off the train as a blackamoor. In Reno, still in shorts but without shoes or stockings, she entered a restaurant bar, was chased out by a head waiter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 1, 1934 | 10/1/1934 | See Source »

...Said the waiter: "Her conduct was provoking. She insisted on carrying on a flirtation with men who ordinarily wouldn't give her a tumble except for her efforts to attract them with near nudity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 1, 1934 | 10/1/1934 | See Source »

...following nominations for stockholders and officers and other directors were made: for stockholders until 1939, E. P. Kohler and Erwin H. Schell; for stockholder until 1935, Edward A. Whitney '17, associate professor of history; for officers for one year, Henry S. Thompson '99, president; Austin W. Scott, vice-president; Waiter Humphreys, clerk; John L. Taylor, treasurer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COOP DECLARES LARGE DIVIDEND TO MEMBERS | 9/29/1934 | See Source »

...House restaurant last week Richard Lawson and Walter Roberts engaged in argument. Like shells from a field gun a bottle of catsup and a bottle of Worcestershire sauce catapulted across the room and burst. Three glasses and a finger bowl were shattered by the explosion. Then Headwaiter Roberts discharged Waiter Lawson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Toward Adjournment | 6/11/1934 | See Source »

...slogan originated with a raw bus boy who, when Janssen asked him to summon the head waiter, shouted "Janssen wants to see you." To remind himself to reprimand the boy Janssen jotted the phrase in his notebook. Its catchiness appealed to him and he repeated it on 50 postcards, mailed them to his friends. Next night, he swears, all 50 appeared at his Hofbrau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Prodigal's Return | 5/14/1934 | See Source »

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