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...answer these random queries and perhaps aid ambitious chefs, several statisticians have made a real contribution to "Hotel Management". Questionnaires sent to many artistic celebrities show that regardless of medical opinions, in the temperamental professions, the advocates of a hearty breakfast divide the honors with those who "bant" (society term, "to reduce"). Robert Cortes Holiday likes "steak and fried potatoes"; August Heckscher fasts till noon. Galli Curci "regards it of prime importance not to eat too much", while Elsie Janis "just loves a good substantial breakfast...
Ganna Walska McCormack, before making vocal advances to audiences in New York and Chicago, gave Detroit a taste of her quality. Here are some comments, taken at random from the Detroit press: "But she has not much of a voice "; "a woman of courage"; "nasal squeaks"; "sad, hopeful, handsome, ambitious, incompetent artist"; "program was mercifully brief"; "sincere worker in the field of art." Mme. Walska explains that she does not take Detroit critics seriously. Her Chicago debut has been indefinitely postponed...
...doubt if it was difficult to decide in 1770 whether "Humphrey Clinker" was a greater masterpiece than "Pamela" and whether "the Sentimental Journey" would outlive "Roderick Random". But today matters are infinitely more complicated by the hundreds of best sellers advertised in the book supplements and the far greater number of others each termed by some one the book of the hour...
Unfortunately or perhaps fortunately--there is no time to wait and sec. Choose at random and then enjoy yourself. At any rate the book will serve as something to talk about...
Under the inclusive but indefinite title of "The Drama and the Stage" (Harcourt, Brace), Ludwig Lewisohn has collected into book form a series of random sketches and studies that first appeared in "The Nation." The diminutive essays so collected cover a wide field, include book reviews, play reviews, and by the way studies in the fundamentals in the drama and theatre. Mr. Lewisohn has recognized the difficulties that beset him, and the inevitable criticisms of a volume of sketches written for a particular occasion. "The brief essay and studies that compose this volume are desultory only in appearance" he says...