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...live; it cannot be denied that the Winthrop House Dining Hall is popularly elected as that part of the House "most likely to succeed." Every man in the House will agree that the popularity of the dining hall can be attributed to Mrs. De Pinto, the Head Waitress. The academic year is hardly launched before Mrs. "Dee" knows the names of all "her boys." Her charming smile and friendly word has brightened up many a luncheon or dinner which might have been just another meal. When the House Football Trophy left the Winthrop Dining Hall last fall, for the first...

Author: By Chester A. Macarthur, CHAIRMAN, WINTHROP HOUSE COMMITTEE | Title: Winthrop Described for Prospective House Inhabitants in Fifth Special Article On Different Dormitory Blessings | 3/23/1937 | See Source »

...scene of his crime, or Hitler at the pinnacle of world power to indulge in painting during his leisure hours. Only those who have spent four years eating Mr.Westcott's prime ribs and ragout of lamb can comprehend the forces which drove to her present posient position the head waitress of one of our Houses, which for obvious reasons shall be nameless...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 3/4/1937 | See Source »

...Ohio. At Washington University (St. Louis) she was a vigorous undergraduate, participating in sports and endless extra-curricular activities. Her first rejection slips came from the Saturday Evening Post, to which she tried to sell blank verse masques. She studied Anglo-Saxon at Columbia in 1911, worked as a waitress and shop girl to prepare her for novels you've seen on the screen. In 1935 she regained her figure by "taking no food with her meals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPOTLIGHTER | 11/14/1936 | See Source »

...week contract, claimed Cinemactress Bette Davis in a packed London courtroom of the King's Bench Division, where her U. S. employers were suing to stop her from fulfilling a $50,000 British film engagement. "As this contract stands," pleaded her lawyer, "Miss Davis could not become a waitress in a restaurant or an assistant in a hair dresser's shop in the wilds of Africa. . . ." Observed Sir Patrick Hastings, bewigged barrister for Vice President Jack Leonard Warner: "She is a rather naughty young lady who wants more money." Snapped jaunty Bette Davis when the court ruled against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 26, 1936 | 10/26/1936 | See Source »

...most interesting addition to our already considerable collection of waitress-lore was made last week. We learned that occasionally during the past few months Union waitresses and student waiters have arranged small dances for themselves. The more recent affairs have been held in the neighborhood of Central Square...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strictly Speaking | 5/4/1936 | See Source »

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