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Donald Farnham Gibson rode home in his chauffeur-driven Cadillac to the $50,000 house he built just before Miss Ayres's death, to be greeted with tears of joy by his second wife, the former Widow Wetmore, whom he had married the day after Miss Ayres was buried...
...former British Ambassador to France, Margaret charmed the guests, including Greta Garbo, with an hour's session at the piano, playing and singing French songs. Next day, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and aides had to cool their heels for 40 minutes waiting to serve Margaret tea while her chauffeur tried to find SHAPE headquarters. The Princess was all apologies and smiles when she arrived, and Ike managed one of his famous beams in return as he said, "Your Royal Highness, it is nice to see you." Then, after another evening of discreet nightclubbing, Margaret's Paris party...
...studied engineering at the University of the Philippines, earning his way as a chauffeur. Later he had taken a job as mechanic in a bus company, and wound up as its manager. At war's outbreak, he went to work in the motor pool of the U.S. 31st Division, and ended the war as commander of a guerrilla army of 10,000. In 1950, as chairman of the House National Defense Committee, he attacked his own party, the Liberals, demanding an end to politics in the army, a real fight against the Huks, and a cleanup of the evils...
Throughout the week, Bill rode in the front seat of the royal limousine to make sure that his split-second timing worked. The first day he slid in beside the chauffeur there was no comment from the back seat. By the second morning, the Princess apparently had done some checking, piped up with a cheery "Good morning, Huskey." The third day, it was "Good morning, Bill." But Bill Huskey's greatest satisfaction was the wide-eyed amazement of the visiting Mounties and Scotland Yard at the thoroughness of his arrangements. Says Bill: "The Scotland-Yard guy and the Mounties...
Shake Hands? A friend's chauffeur gave him one clue to the answer. After driving Stern from New York to Washington, the chauffeur impulsively shot out his hand for a shake, smiled and said he was "pleased to make my acquaintance." Anywhere in class-conscious Europe, the handshake would have been a terrible gaffe for both of them. Another "new American" told Stern how astonished he had been "when an old workman in a factory patted the president of the company on the back, called him by his first name and offered him a cigar." To German-born Stern...