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His family-owned company had just been bought (for "several million") by William R. Warner & Co., Inc., a giant combine of a dozen-odd drug and cosmetic firms (including Richard Hudnut, operator of the DuBarry Success Schools). The deal left Nassaur with full operating control of Courtley, gave him access...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COSMETICS: Sniff, Sniff | 9/9/1946 | See Source »

Last week, nasal sprays were no joke for Silent Tom Smith, the man who developed Seabiscuit and this year trained Cosmetic Queen Elizabeth Arden Graham's top money-winning stable ($512,454 in purses). New York's vigilant Jockey Club, having found some dopey spray in one of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Flit-Gun Hop | 11/19/1945 | See Source »

The idea was not new. Yardley of London, Inc. (now made in New Jersey), Roger & Gallet, and Guerlain, Inc. had, in a limited way, gone into the lotion-and-lavender field for men 30 years ago, had then been followed, timidly and on a small scale, by other talc and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: For Men Only | 11/19/1945 | See Source »

Monkey Business. In Portland, Ore., several monkeys in the zoo found some walnuts, discovered that the natural stain in the husks made a fine cosmetic, painted themselves gaudy greens and golds. In New Orleans, a pet monkey, egged on by two small boys, climbed into an "iron claw" slot machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 5, 1945 | 11/5/1945 | See Source »

This year his drug and cosmetic business should gross $24 million. Next year he expects to see it hit $36 million. But he yawns like an idle lily at the idea that his record is a rags-to-riches one. Says he: "The Alger story is a bore."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DRUGS: Quiz Kid | 9/17/1945 | See Source »

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