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...Marveled at the silence of female M. P.'s after Minister of Unemployment James Henry ("Privy Seal Jim") Thomas had challengingly declared: "It is against the nation's interests for women to work for what they call 'pin money' and thus deprive other people of their legitimate work and livelihood. . . . Legislation cannot cure this evil. It is a question of moral responsibility...
Critic Swaffer, tall, stringy, in his 50's, convivial, well-to-do, was once a famed young tosspot. Now he confines himself to sherry, champagne His black silk stock, early Victorian wing collar and frock coat attract stares. An English wisecracker, he likes to pin actors with a phrase. Besides the Express, he writes for the London Bystander, for Manhattan's slangy Variety (stage trade journal whose language Editor Sime Silverman defends on the grounds that Variety caters "strictly to hams and theatre managers and acrobats...
...working garb may be of chiffon, but her hours will be from 1 P.M. to 5 A.M. the next day.... The debutante must keep going--going--going until she drops.... It is the hardest kind of work, this keeping hold of the dazzling social pin-wheel, with its endless revolutions...
...Andover, there is no reason to believe that Coach French's proteges, will not hit their stride before long and uphold the reputation of Harvard's first-year teams. It was clearly a lack of organization, due to the brevity of the practice period, which enabled the schoolboys to pin a defeat on the Crimson...
...been everywhere. He seems to know nearly everyone worth while in the capitals of the world. He is no mere pretender. Pin him down and you find he is not a cheap drawing-room boaster. He knows the people he calls acquaintances or friends. He proves...