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Hair Drier Voices Stage a Loud Vaudeville Smile
Reading Eliza Buskhalter satirizes beauty-shop talk where women under hot dryers shout jokes gossip and confessions like a live performance. The piece notes the din an unseen audience and the operatives guiding conversations with quick winks and cues.
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Eliza Buskhalter
Third Avenue
Clark Gable
John
Joan Crawford
Miriam Hopkins
Chicago
Emily Post
Dorothy Dix
Marcel