Word: diamonditis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Singer Marjorie Lawrence got the Legion's diamond cross, in Paris...
Miss Sandy Schoenberg, Sargent '48, suggested, "I would like a diamond-studed garter to go with my black mesh stockings." When reminded that this gift would be a pretty expensive item, she replied, "Oh, I think I'm worth...
...Down. For his thousands of plain followers, Dadswell has his own sort of glamor. Readers who might be sold the Brooklyn Bridge can warm up to the man who confesses that he bought a $5,000 diamond for $25 from a mysterious Mexican, discovered it was a zircon "not worth a buck." He has the reckless savvy of the smart fellow who retires on his earnings (he did in 1926, 1938, 1945), and then shows up broke for a fresh start. But if his new column brings him another competence, Dadswell insists it will have to come from little papers...
Lauritz Melchior, who has sung about 125 times opposite each, says: "Flagstad's voice is like a shining diamond. Traubel's voice is like a beautiful ruby." He adds: "Traubel is one of the greatest darlings I have ever been working with. In the last 20 years I have killed at least 24 Isoldes. Helen is the most agreeable. She is the nicest of them all. Flagstad was not so easy. She got a little swollen with success. Helen will always have both feet on the ground. She will never start...
...scene shifts to Washington and the plot to Cinderella. In the capital, where her bridegroom is obviously a man of consequence, Katy-appears at a cocktail party in a mousy dress with a frumpy, ruffled collar. All the other women are wearing chic, severe black with diamond clips. Katy, of course, feels perfectly terrible for a good many feet of film until Taylor takes her shopping for some Irene gowns...