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...minister, finding only a cook and a maid at her residence, forthwith made plans for hiring a butler, a chef, an assistant chef, a parlor maid, a chambermaid and a personal maid, and announced that she was ready to give a few parties to further international understanding. Said she: "I came for service." Unfortunately, Grand Duchess Charlotte was out of the country, shooting grouse in Scotland, so the new minister could not even present her credentials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LUXEMBOURG: Small Package | 9/5/1949 | See Source »

Celebrating their new status as householders (they just moved into their very own Clarence House), Britain's matronly Princess Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh went to a fancy dress party last week costumed as a butler and chambermaid. Their host, Ambassador Douglas, was rigged out as a farmer. His wife hid her gentle features behind a horse's mask to appear as The Old Grey Mare. Their daughter, honey-haired Sharman, came as A Portrait of a Lady; she carried around a huge picture frame, finally abandoned it in a corner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: H.R.H. Fifi | 7/25/1949 | See Source »

...replied Miss Cam to my question, "I much admire Dorothy Canfield and I read a novel about New Orleans--what was it? which I liked very much." She picked up the phone and smiled with anticipation. As I walked down the dark hallway, past the still inquisitive chambermaid, I could hear Helen Mand Cam in process of accepting another invitation to speak. No dust will settle while she's about...

Author: By George A. Lelper, | Title: Helen Maud Cam: Medieval Ambassador | 12/16/1948 | See Source »

...statesmanship." In Paris, Canard Enchainé kidded happily: "General de Gaulle has sent a message to Maurice Thorez, saying the door remains wide open . . . Gaston Palewski [one of the general's chief aides] has stated he is ready to engage in conversations with Jacques Duclos' chambermaid . . ." Newsboys brandished their headlines like victorious flags. "No more cold war," cried Franc-Tireur, "the ice is broken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: In & Out of the Potatoes | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

Dying Glory. But most of its glory as chambermaid to the Arts died with the death of Frank Case this June. Last week the Algonquin was sold, for slightly more than $1,000,000. The man who bought it was a newcomer to the Arts, to New York, and to the hotel business. His name: Ben B. (for effect) Bodne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOTELS: Sale of a Wayward Inn | 10/21/1946 | See Source »

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