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IllscthtowdcMwas hard to realize the presence of a usually homely reservoir underneath, because it furnished such a beautiful park to the chain of parks in Beverly Hills.PEGGY HAMILTON PRESIDESHon. Paul E, Schwab, Mayor of Beverly Hills, introduced the mistress of ceremonies,Miss Peggy Hamilton. She is the Los Angeles County Official Hostess and the recognized modiste in Hollywood. She creates the styles Paris later copies. It was her place to receive on behalf of the county the various teams during the Olympic Games.She selects the clothes the leading screen stars wear in their productions and is a verybusy woman.One of the speakers told on her in spite of her protests and we learned that she had dressed in her car while coming from the studio. But you never would have guessed it. She appeared in a striking cape with a lot of fall innovations which had just been introduced as the vogue in the smart shops on West Seventh Street. She wrote 011 my program afterwards, “Greetings to Jack Williams from Beverly Hills and Peggy Hamilton, County Hostess/'THE PROGRAMThe Beverly Hill Billies performed in person through the courtesy of radio station KMPC. The team is composed of Len, Jad, Hank, Zeke, Dan, and little Elton Britt, the|jl( boy from Arkansas, and Mr. Bud. Their radio broadcasts have been outstanding for the last two and a half years. This was one of their rare public appearances.Dr. Charles Frederick Lindsay, a member | of the faculty at Occidental College, gave some readings. He is the far-famed dramatic reader heard each Sunday afternoon over the Columbia Network. His feature was in- ^ structive as well as entertaining. wEthel Jenks, who co-starred with Law-rence Tibbett in one of his recent pictures, *1* sang. She possesses a wonderful soprano K*I *voice and contributed a great deal to the in success of the program. IcaFanchon Marco made a splendid con-|yc tribution. They presented their best talent[I »and feature act. Beverly Hills is the home|in of this famous vaudeville organization. They have about 35 companies on the road all I of over the United States. The whole program pe was staged on a platform erected in the | in park under the trees. A Beverly Hills orchestra furnished music for the occasion. [ C;WILL ROGERS ATTENDS RWill Rogers came in while everyone was m seated. Throwing his hat on the grass, he,ar sat down at a place on the other side from the speaker’s table. Miss Hamilton called on him and .he kept us howling for 30 minutes. Every where* we went the editors had|S been called the “moulders of public opinion.M They had conte to think that perhaps public opinion was a little mouldy but it wasn’t their fault. Will Rogers had a good laugh on editors and public opinion, and said, “The editorial page is the one nobody reads.”A. L. Kates/ of Clarcmore, Okla., was in the newspaper party. It seems he had taught Mrs. Rogers how to set type in his printing shop years ago. He paid 75 cents a day as a wage, but she wouldn’t work for less than $1.00 Will Rogers commented on the fact that “she’s still expensive.”Speaking of politics, he claimed, “I’ve kinder lost interest in politics since Cal got out. There was a President for you and he had a sense of humor. I liked Grace, too; in fact, I don’t know whether Cal likes me so much on account of Grace.”He told about visiting the Coolidges at their New England place. After supper that night Cal said, “Well, Grace, I expect we’d better send Wil! off to bed.” He described going upstairs and entering a big room. In the corner was a big bed. “Bed, why it was a regular Brigham Young bed,” he exclaimed.*He kept the polo ponies at his ranch dur-mmI1■
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Davidson Davidsonian
Davidson, North Carolina, US
Wed, Nov 09, 1932
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