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French Ambassador Henri Bonnet and smart wife Helle (who ran a Manhattan hat shop during the war) arrived by air. Mme. Bonnet posed for photographers in her stylish grey tweed, 5 in. b.t.k. Discreet statement by the Ambassador: "I have no opinion on these matters...
Boning Up. In Denver, nine-year-old Richard Junk fell out of a tree, hoped to keep his injury secret, made a few discreet inquiries about the technique of bone-setting, did a capable job on his own broken...
Conservative Manifesto. Sophie has always been content to let more flashy designers go their own gait, and doesn't worry about trying to set a trend. She believes in the maxim that the best-dressed women follow the fashions at a discreet distance. Her style is to be simple and unaffected. Says she: "I try to make a woman look as sexy as possible and yet look like a perfect lady." Many women want to look like that. Consequently, Sophie probably sells more clothes than any other designer, with the possible exception of her archrival, Hattie Carnegie...
Last week Arpad was not even waiting for Tildy to get out of the barber's chair. Arpad was making discreet inquiries at a Western European legation in Budapest. He wanted to know if the legation would give him political asylum in event of "a radical deterioration of the situation...
When Dr. Tansill had run down, Representative Rankin, who had a prominent place up front, attempted a discreet getaway, ran into a nosey hanger-on, declared testily that the speaker had gone "too far," and that "the time has come to draw the mantle of charity over all that." The ladies were reduced to angry bewilderment. But unreconstructed Dr. Tansill was still snapping like a terrapin. Said he: "You can see how badly the South was beaten that the defeatist attitude should last so long...