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About half the spectators were Chinese, well-groomed in fine furs and narrow, split skirts. In the bygone era of extraterritoriality, they had never been invited to Madame Garnett's dress salon. Now Madame boasted a clientele of "all the most prominent Chinese." They are "very, very wealthy and very, very rich," she explained. The foreign ladies, carefully sitting apart, accepted the new era with resignation...
...giving mood Russia has shown in Paris (see above) spread to The Bronx just in time to save the Security Council from another awkward split...
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...star singer was Velma Middleton, a 250-lb. lady named-by the Gagwriters Association-Miss Petite of 1946. She waddled through Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy and then did a split which almost literally brought down the house. But when Louis, grinning wickedly, pursed his gigantic lips against his trumpet to play / Can't Give You Anything but Love or Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well, patient ears still heard the purest phrasing and most expert blowing around. There was no doubt about it-Louis ("Reverend Satchelmouth") Armstrong, after 30 years in the business, was still...
Boston University bowed to the superior pitching of the junior varsity yesterday, 2 to 0, at Soldiers Field. For the victors, 2 runs, 5 hits, and 1 error; for B.U. no runs, 4 hits, and no errors. Ulin and Weiss split the pitching honors, Ulin working the first four innings, and Weiss the remaining three. Curtis went...