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...Countess Uva Spina's the talk was about how the Americans in Roman society had somehow managed to survive the war and the Nazi occupation right in Rome. Even Signora Pallavicini-Margaret Roosevelt that...
...Princess Lydia Pasto Hotchkiss Cucurbitaceo-the department store, you know. And the Countess Vitetti-the former Natalie Coe of Long Island and South Carolina. And the Countess Roberti-old Ogden H. Hammond's daughter. And Marchesa Vastezza-the former Bobbie Belchers of New York. And Baroness Carogna-the former Josephine Paddle-ford of Waukegan and Washington, D.C. And the Countess del Sgombro-who was Daphne Zugsmith of St. Paid. And of course, the Marchesa Sconciatura, who was the former Bridget O'Hare of Worcester, Mass...
...women are beautifully dressed. I never thought that prints could be so seductive, but made into simple, low-necked dresses, worn with bare brown legs, and Tripoli-tanean sandals, they lose all that stuffy, towny look that prints too often have. . . 'Gabriella Sports' is now owned by Countess di Robilant [the former Carolyn Kent of Asheville, N.C.], who . . . makes most of the dresses. . . . There's beautiful, pure silk shantung to be had here (all fabrics are fabulously high-priced), which she uses in lovely colour combinations...
...Countess d'Impudizio's the conversation snagged on business. It seemed that Major Paid D. Shriver, Regional Property Control Officer at Rome, reported home that 40 American firms with Roman investments representing some $30,000,000 had spent the whole war in Rome in the best of health. The firms included'' American Express, Otis Elevator, International Business Machines, General Electric, Eastman Kodak, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Brothers and a dog track...
From Voltaire to Lenin, Europe's political exiles have found a haven in Switzerland. Recent notable refugees: Novelist Thomas Mann, running away from the Nazis in 1933; Countess Galeazzo (Edda Mussolini) Ciano, running away from the Allies and Nazis this year...