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Thomas L. Chadbourne, who last year was Chairman of the Entertainment Committee which was obliged to amuse the delegates to the Democratic Convention for more than two weeks, plunged into the surf in front of his villa at Palm Beach. He emerged some minutes later firmly grasping the half-drowned Maxine Elliott-his guest who had been overcome by an undertow...
...established now that Al Jolson is the most valuable entertainer in the world. It is established that he, more than any living man or woman, can summon the audience to the palm of his white-gloved hand and hold it there. To his enemies-and he has a few-these statements will seem absurd. Survey of the reception he received in Big Boy guarantees them none the less...
...largest channel bass of 1925 will gain its captor a silver loving cup, mahogany based, 38 inches high, inscribed "Presented by Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, to the Palm Beach Anglers' Club." Since last year, the President has been an honorary member...
...high plains to the south of Nairobi in British East Africa the monkeys jabbered noisily as they swung themselves from the mangrove to the coconut palm and clambered about the juniper and olive trees. The chattering stopped; curious faces peered through the leaves toward the ground where a disconsolate lion roamed through the tall grass...
...were true that this conductor was a "hypnotist," whether he could interpret Debussy, whether he wagged his head. They noted that he had a good back. They noted that every now and then, when he wanted to indicate a sudden pianissimo, he shot his left hand into the air, palm flat, in the way of one who hoists a heavy tray or thrusts a torch aloft. For the rest, his gestures were continent. He led Debussy's Nuages; Honegger's Pacific 231, Scriabin's Poem of Ecstacy. Like a storm of white hail came the clapping. With...