Mary Martin and the fading youth on stage gossip
A meandering fragmentary column by Earl Wilson touches on Mary Martin, Peter Pan, and backstage gossip about performers, fashion, and social scenes. It mentions Mary’s youth through work, stagecraft details, and assorted celebrities in a vivid if scattered collage.
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New York
Texas
Mary Marth
Peter Pan
Liza
Taid
Heller Moliich
Weatherford
Tex
Mary Martin
Mary
Peter Foy
England
Lloyd's
Atwnan
Electronic stethoscope aids metal finishing speed
An electronic stethoscope is used to speed the glose tolerance finishing of metal by listening to am pulsed scraping sounds through earphones. Loudness reflects removed metal. Early tests show no significant issues in children born to Hiroshima Nagasaki survivors. Thunderstorms form drafts that pull ground breezes toward iron. TV tubes use phosphor dots in red green and blue. Wiring for a new house accounts for about five percent of total cost.
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Earl
Gaylords
Bil Silbert
Wendy Waldron
Martin and Lewis
Irving Berlin
Nate Christmas
Seaton
Doris Dowling
Hickory House
Artie Shaw
Billie Holliday
Anchorage
Alaska
Vaughn Wonroo
Coryright
Pesteliuil Syud., Inc
Duffy’s Tavern Clergy Outfitter Feeds Pantheon of Pastors
New York clerics gather at Duffy's Tavern across from the New York Public Library to be outfitted by Frank Duffy of Rogers Peet. He estimates dressing over 1,000 clergymen, from Buddhist priests to Protestant ministers, with tailor-made ensembles that blend tradition and modern fit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Biltmore Hotel
Algonquin
Washington Square
Central Park
Times Square
Park Ave
Bowery
Astor
Lexington
Waldert
New York Public Library
Twin Lions
4St
Fifth Ave
Rogers Peet Ca
Frank Duffy
America
Duffy
Homburg
Leventritt Upsets West With Counterplay At Bridge Nationals
At the summer national bridge championships Peter Leventritt, president of the American Contract Bridge League, executed a rare tactic to force a favorable position. West led clubs, Leventritt ruffed diamonds, cashed clubs, and led spades to draw West’s last card, gaining a crucial advantage through precise timing and disciplined defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Leventritt
West
Pete
Leven
East
Fast
Declarer
Leventritt
Gunmy
South
Bridge Hand Returns a Winding Tale of Hearts and Tricks
In a tense bridge deal West discards a heart to try to force East to hold the Jack. A take-out double signals strength in the unbid major, and spidey marks the hand. Deacer cashed the king and ace of hearts, West drops the gore, Leveny tritt then cashes the Jack of Hearts, surrendering the final trick to East who holds Jack of Spades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
East
Aunt Het Ti Speech on Wealth and Effort
A fragment expresses a view that effort yields little real difference with small gains and that more effort leads to more, but not meaningful change. The speaker contrasts small earnings with the idea of nothing substantial produced.
Mind Quiz Answers Reveal Doubts on Polio Link
The text presents three Q and A items: a doubt about any link between polio and skin color, a note on self talk as common and sometimes therapeutic, and a warning against hypnotism as dangerous, citing Yale physicians and a student report.
Cobweb Origin and 36th Ballot Garfield Nomination
The note explains that coppa from Middle English meant snider and cobweb. It recalls Percival Lowell predicting Flute’s discovery, not realized for about 25 years. It also records James A. Garfield’s nomination for president on the 36th ballot.
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Coppa
Percival Lowell
Flute
James A. Garfield
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Gedder
Toots Shor
Letlo Quarter
Talday Bankhead
Merle Oberon
Mae West
Itvying Hoffman
Hong Kong
Ming Crosby
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Toledo
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Boston
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Lynn Dalton
Jackie Gleason
Tere
GOP
Pier Angeli
Marista Pavan
Richard Wagan
WISH
al Rylander
Aorius Estaurants
Roy Comlaln
Hiroshima and
Nagasati
Grand Iron
Duffy's Tavern
By Wal Hoyse
Paul Yupin
Nanking
Fa~ther Yupin
Pope Pius XX
United States
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Ambrose Hyland
Pall
Pontiac
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Jeni
Jeff
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Queston
Yale
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