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* When Catherine II of Russia toured her empire in 1787, Prince Gregory Potemkin sent workers ahead of her route to put up false facades on buildings to give a deceptive air of prosperity.
His 15-room Fifth Avenue apartment has an international look about it, with paintings from Hungary, France and Germany, chairs and sofa from Lima, rugs from Egypt, ornate gold-leaf mirrors from Mexico. On weekends, he and his wife, Edith, whom he married while she was a physical-education teacher...
War washed them west from the Ukrainian lands where Catherine the Great had given their fathers refuge two centuries ago. In World War II many of their men had been forced, in spite of the Mennonites' pacifist principles, to fight for the Germans in the retreat from Russia. After...
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz' wife, Catherine, played the piano at a benefit for Washington's National Symphony, but only as an accompanist. Soloist: the Nimitz' wonder-spaniel, Freckles, who gave Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms such a sensitive interpretation (see cut) that he...
Costumes and settings met the standard, too. Employing the familiar inner and outer stage technique for the 18-scene drama, Directress Mary Howe used a simple method with startling effectiveness in scenes of poverty and grandeur alike. And Catherine Huntington's costumes--wherever she searched them out--were rich and...