Governor Hosts Ice Cream Dinner At White House Event
A Washington dinner for visiting governors at the White House ends with a light dessert scene as one guest shares a lavish gift and a tense moment over service. President Saft leads an informal dance afterward, leaving the Western governor impressed yet puzzled by the ice cream only menu.
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Viking Bates
Meese Diane
Washington
Brepay
Tien
White House
Worken
Saft
United States
Kendall the Comedian Near Miss as Clown in Sawdust Ring
In Dayton Ohio Ezra F. Kendall the playwright and famed comedian recalled a near escape from becoming a clown in the sawdust ring during a long career. He said in Chicago about fifteen years ago he was dead broke and dead tired, a turning point in his life before his death at Martinsville.
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Ring
Dayton
Ezra F. Kendall
United States
Martinsville
Afteen
Mr. Kendall
Chicago
Ringling Brothers Circus Recruits Clown From City
A narrator recalls traveling to Chicago in spring for a summer engagement with Ringling Brothers. After a rehearsal, John Ringling saved him from a sacrificed role, guiding him to an acting career and securing a weekly engagement through connections with the circus.
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Ring- Ung
Chicago
Are Bearsal
Ringling
John Hinglinz
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