Word: tea
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...months ago Iturbi arrived in the U. S. Sailing up Manhattan harbor, he wept. He went to a hotel chosen for him by his manager, rang for tea but, knowing no English, failed to make the waiter understand. He shrugged his shoulders, sat down at the piano, played Tea for Two, got what he wanted. His first Manhattan night was spent in a Harlem cabaret listening to brazen jazz which he adores, his second at a musicomedy. Then he started on a tour, played first with the Philadelphia Orchestra, went into Canada, then through the Middle West...
...council meeting in the Continental Hotel is to start the session on Monday. On Tuesday morning there will be reading of papers by various members of the society, followed by a trip to Wellesley and a tea in the Whitin Observatory residence. In the evening, the Harvard Observatory is to be open to visitors from 7.30 to 9 o'clock, after which Mr. and Mrs. Harlowe Shapley will hold a New Year's Eve party. Wednesday is to be devoted mainly to the reading of more papers. On Thursday, the General Electric plant in West Lynn is to be visited...
...offset their full schedule of appearances the men will find many suppers, teas, and dances, offered for their entertainment. The Louisville concert will be preceded by a tea dance and will be followed by a ball at the Pendennts Club. Previous to the performance in Washington there will be supper and dancing in the Garden Room of the Hotel Mayflower...
Other Coolidge pets: Do-Funny, trained troupial, tweaker of ears; Old Bill, thrush; Peter Pan, first Coolidge dog; Paul Pry, half-brother of President Harding's famed Laddie Boy; Rob Roy, Wisconsin sheepherding collie who disliked the White House elevator, who stole dainties from the Red Room tea table and was ever to be seen at the President's side. One Thanksgiving Rebecca, raccoon, was sent to the White House to be eaten, but the First Lady could not bear to kill her, built a pen, found a mate (Reuben) who disliked Rebecca and eventually escaped. When President...
...Council plans to redecorate the room and establish headquarters there for foreign students. The rearrangement of the room will be made with a view to embodying all the qualities of a club: Periodicals and books from most of the foreign nations will be kept on the shelves, and tea will be served on certain afternoons. While taking this step in realizing a headquarters for the social life of the foreign students and their friends, the committee announced that it is an experiment relative to the possible future establishment of an International House at Harvard...