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...return of the Hunt Ball would be a bracer to tradition-loving England, to county social life and most of all to Moss Bros., London renters of clothing. They succored many a desperate ballgoer whose best tailcoat had been sacrificed to bombs or moths or had been cut into women's suits by coupon-short females...
...Representatives from 1919 to 1931, "minority clerk emeritus" thereafter, House employe for over 60 years; on his birthday; in Chevy Chase, Md. He went to work as a Congressional page when he was 13; Chester A. Arthur was President. As clerk, bald, trim-mustached, meticulous Page wore a tailcoat, a white-edged vest, and manners to match. He became an authority on Congressional procedure. The 100-word American's Creed, which he wrote in World War I, is still one of the Printing Office's bestsellers...
...jinx to others, but it travels merrily on its way, oblivious of all the trouble it is causing. The film is divided into five sequences, the first is marvelous, but by the end of the two hours, the audience is more than ready to say farewell to the tailcoat...
...tailcoat passes to Cesar Romero but gets lost in the shuffle, while Ginger Rogers leads Harvard's own Henry Fonda into growling like a lion. He does this so successfully that she promptly falls in love with him. Just to prove that it is not socially exclusive, the "hero" of the story goes to Edward G. Robinson, a definitely fallen college man who dresses up to attend his college reunion. There he joins in the singing or "Far Above Cayuga's Waters," proving that it isn't just Harvard men who pass from champagne parties to the gutter...
...Bronx newspaper; his return to Russia after the March Revolution of 1917, where he joined Lenin, helped to stage the October Revolution, conducted the Brest-Litovsk peace negotiations with Germany. Because it seemed a major point of proletarian protocol, he wired Lenin to ask whether he should wear a tailcoat to the peace celebration. Lenin answered: "If it will help to bring peace, go in a petticoat...