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...White House protocol. He has a little office off the main foyer, to the right as you enter. Crisply grey of hair, vigorous of demeanor, it is he who inspects all callers, who engineers all receptions, arranges the First Lady's teas, sends the White House motor hither and yon...
Here is material for a good drama or a good comedy. Unfortunately, the Hungarian Sil-Vara who penned the piece, has taken his stand directly between these possibilities. He has chosen to deal lightly with the subjects, tossing epigrams hither and yon every once in a while to keep us amused. But he has not done it as well as it has been done many times before. He has also chosen to have his characters release certain ponderous sayings from time to time, to keep the play out of the pure comedy class. These dicta are sound but not better...
...Erich yon Stroheim takes his time. He took three years to make "The Wedding March" and he takes some two hours to show it to you at the Met this week. He is in a position to do as he pleases, and from a glance at his past productions one understands why the producers allow him all sorts of liberties. But when the present picture has been added to the list of past pictures made by von Stroheim the general average will have fallen considerably...
Three big blackboards were set up in the living room. As the sun sank returns began coming in. The Hoover secretaries darted hither and yon with slips of paper, chalk and chalk-erasers, like marker boys in a brokerage office. Mr. Hoover worked with them for a while, then sat in the front row of chairs, smoking a pipe. The buzzing crush of people seemed to bother him. He went into his study. Telephone calls were incessant. He discouraged premature congratulations, wandering between living room and study...
Agitated either by fear of "overconfidence" or by a great and visible insurgence of Smith strength, the G. 0. P. sent speakers hither, thither and yon...