The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-01-12
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- new J! ~. YORK !!!!!a!.
raging my way into the crowd
which had clustered in front 81
the $50 5th Avenue window
opened my mouth in amazemen,
when ! discovered what the at.
traction was. Seated in an or.
nate lounge once covered with
line tapestry and gold but now
mostly decayed was a gentleman
who was 5000 years old. To be
more specific, it was Peruvian
Paraces Indian mummy which
had been brought TO New York
and mounted in this travel bureau
window in the same state in
which it was found in its South
American tomb. Although the
Thing was a CHASTITY sight, we star
ed in Mortified fascination at this
specimen Of almost the other
world. A legend nearby identi-
lied the mummy as being once a
priest who had been buried with
all his finery, long before the
birth of Christ. Near the grim
ming skull was piece of still
preserved fox pelt, said to have
been a token of distinction.
The music broadcast throughout
Grand Central station which has
been mentioned in this column is
no more. For the past several
weeks during all the hours of the
day and most of the night steady
stream Of music and commercial
announcements has poured from
dozens Of loud speakers stationed
all over this big railroad station.
You walked along and listened to
a Strauss waltz, then heard wat
ches or beer advertised just as on
the radio. Some people kicked
about all this, saying the station
owners had no right to force mu-
sic and ads on the patrons of the
station just because they happen
ed to be in 1t. The newspapers
took up the and last week the
program" was stopped, although
it was supposed to make about
100000 year for the railroad
company. Personally, ! liked the
music and tolerated the CONNER
cial announcements. But in any
big crowd, you'll always find a |
few folks who will kick about |
anything.
Dinner with friends at the Mi
yako Japanese restaurant, and
Josephine Hull, the actress, was in
the group. She proved to be
most engaging and attractive per-
son. She was getting ready to
leave for Hollywood to play the
feminine lead in the movie YER
sion Of Harvey" which she did
for so long on the Broadway
stage opposite Frank Fay. In
the film, however, she will play
James Stewart. If the
movie Is as funny as the play,
it would be very popular.
The water shortage here does
not seem to affect the barbering
since most men do their
shaving at home. And speaking
of BARRIERS, l did little research
on the subject and found that bar
bers date back to 400 BIC. The
first safety razor was used in 1878
with the naked straight edge" at
and up to that time men shaved
at their own risk. In "a hours, |
learned, the normal beard grows
one-fiftieth of an inch. During
the average lifetime, a we'll
groomed man spends the equiva-
lent of more than 100 days and
nights SHAVING.
A nice note from j. Arthur
Rank, the British film magnate
whom met in England two sum-
mers ago and afterward in this
country. OF late his huge organi-
cation has been losing money and
he, the worlds largest movie pro-
Queer, having made such hits as
Hamlet" christopher Column
bus" Great Expectations" and
"The Red Shoes" has threatened
to go out of business. The bulk
around $200,000,000 - is not
of his personal fortune.
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