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...Angeles, a café proprietor finally had his front window permanently lettered in gold leaf: "Monterey Café-Waitress Wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 27, 1943 | 9/27/1943 | See Source »

...robust sense of humor. One of his favorite stories is about himself. While Wand was Archbishop of Brisbane, he visited a young clergyman in the interior. The young man was unmarried, ate all his meals at a rather simple restaurant to which he invited His Grace of Brisbane. The waitress knew her regular customers and took the young clergyman's order first. Then she turned to Archbishop Wand, wearing his reddish purple rabat (clerical bib) under his clerical collar to indicate that he was in Episcopal Orders. "And now, Robin Red Breast," said the waitress, "what will you have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Bishop from the Bush | 9/20/1943 | See Source »

Although she finds tipping suffers in the case of most soldiers and sailors who have little extra money to spend, the officers and Harvard men are Stars of Bethlehem for Marion E. Maloney, a waitress at McBrides...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Square Employees Miss Pre-War Tips | 1/27/1943 | See Source »

HOLLYWOOD--The District Attorney ordered arrest late today of Errol Flynn and three other Hollywood men-about-town on charges of attacking blonde Betty Hansen, 17-year-old waitress who wanted to be a movie star...

Author: By United Press, | Title: Proposed Senate Draft Bill Doesn't Defer College Men | 10/17/1942 | See Source »

...Heard a waitress crack, when a soldier complained of cold soup: "No wonder. It's been waiting for you for two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Doughboys Abroad | 8/24/1942 | See Source »

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