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In the New Yorker...
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--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 27, 2025, 11:39:41 am ---Yes I do. According to Manhattanites, that's the boonies.
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Ohhh, got it. I thought you meant you were so far out in the country it took an extra day for mail to arrive via Wells Fargo horse-drawn wagon or something. :laugh:
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 27, 2025, 01:12:47 pm ---Does anybody remember, or has anybody seen, the famous New Yorker cover " View of the World from 9th Avenue"?
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Denver really is so far out in the boonies that it doesn't even appear on the map.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_of_the_World_from_9th_Avenue
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I have a print of it hanging in my dining area. The state of Colorado doesn't even appear on the map!
Jeff Wrangler:
It seems to me that an awful lot of Philadelphians know nothing west of the immediate suburbs, maybe Delaware County and the eastern townships of Bucks County.
Jeff Wrangler:
If you haven't read Thomas Mallon's article on Washington hostesses in the Jan. 27 issue, I recommend you do. It isn't long, and it's quite entertaining. Much of the focus is on Perle Mesta, a storied hostess of the Thirties, Forties, and Fifties, who was close to Harry Truman and co-chaired his inaugural ball. Truman rewarded her by making her ambassador to Luxembourg. She was the inspiration for the Irving Berlin musical "Call Me Madam" (as in "madam ambassador").
I always feel attracted to that show, even though I've only seen it once, because it was the spring musical one year when I was in high school. (I forget if it was my sophomore or junior year. I wasn't in it, and I know it wasn't my senior year because that was "Oklahoma!" and I was in that!) The show has a song that describes Sally Adams, its main character, as "the hostess with the mostes' on the ball." ;D There is also a line that still surprises me for being left in a school production. Sally says to some officious State Department functionary, "I'm the madam and you're just one of the girls."
(I think the music teacher who directed the shows chose "Call Me Madam" for the graduating senior he already knew he wanted for the main role of whatever show he did. In this case, the young lady had a nice soprano voice, but she was also already ... matronly ... enough that with makeup and a wig she could pass for a middle-aged woman.)
Anyway, do read the article if you have not already.
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--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on February 06, 2025, 04:35:46 pm ---(I think the music teacher who directed the shows chose "Call Me Madam" for the graduating senior he already knew he wanted for the main role of whatever show he did. In this case, the young lady had a nice soprano voice, but she was also already ... matronly ... enough that with makeup and a wig she could pass for a middle-aged woman.)
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:o
--- Quote ---Anyway, do read the article if you have not already.
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I'll look for it!
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