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...witness was a onetime stool pigeon of the police vice squad-a loose-lipped little South American called Chile Mapocha Acuna La-tore, onetime waiter at Washington's Congressional Country Club. Lounging in the witness chair, this individual made a series of rank revelations about his services to the police department.* Informer Latore said he had participated in several hundred "frame-up" and "shake-down" arrests of women. The method: he would seek out and compromise a woman, wait for the police to arrive. If she were willing to bribe the officers, Latore got a split...
...Albert Oustric it would be impossible for him to succeed to the prime ministry on the fall of the Steeg cabinet, a move which many French newspapers continued to urge last week. Nervy, plump-cheeked Albert Oustric started his career before the War as plain "Albert," a white-aproned waiter in a Toulouse cafe. A little influence kept him out of the trenches, got him a berth in a munitions factory. After the War he started speculating. Financiers doubted last week whether he ever actually made much money, but with all the nerve in the world he rode high...
...down a flight of stairs. One night one of the stairs was missing and he broke his legs. U. S. doctors said he could never fold again, but Vienna specialists proved them wrong. In London, Ambassador Dawes thought it would be fun to have Errol function anonymously as a waiter at an embassy dinner. Errol crashed silver and glass about, poured mineral water on a lady's arm, dropped forks under the table and crawled after them with a flashlight, asking guests to move over, please. At last Ambassador Dawes arose, explained, introducing Errol, but some guests, unused...
Playboy of Paris (Paramount). Maurice Chevalier works busily at this loose-jointed comedy which fulfills fairly adequately the purpose for which it was obviously devised?that of giving him moments for informal songs and for his characteristic attitudes. It tells about a waiter in a little Paris cafe who makes love to all the women customers and becomes the centre of much Gallic plotting when he inherits a million francs. One song, "It's a Great Life If You Don't Weaken" has a chance of being a hit. For the rest, Playboy of Paris is notable chiefly...
...rooms. Specially designed murals of toping fauns and bare-breasted ladies had been installed. Cabaret entertainment, dancing and games were provided without cover charge. Payment for refreshments were arranged, as in her "former place," by selling books of $1 tickets, one (or more) to be torn off by the waiter or bartender each time he serves a customer...