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...Fogg, the Hanley Collection of French and American 19th and 20th century art continues and is well worth seeing. The Cambridge Art Association (18 Eliot St.) shows paintings by Mordecai. Mary Ogden Abbott's paintings grace Doll & Richards (140 Newbury...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

...theater or a movie in the evenings. In Key West, he barhops or sits home listening to records with his long time secretary, Frank Merlo, a slight man with steel-grey hair. The rest of the house hold consists of two playful bulldogs, Mr. Moon and Baby Doll, and a parrot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: The Angel of the Odd | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

...Schwarz has built its sales from a Depression low of $675,000 to $5,500,000 last year, now boasts seven branches.* Name customers have been commonplace ever since Thomas Edison strolled in to shop for a doll and lingered in fascination over a Schwarz jack-in-the-box. Caroline Kennedy's toy list for her first Christmas at the White House was filled at Schwarz. "Why are we successful?" asks Schwarz President Charles Veysey, 45, and offers an answer that doesn't explain: "F.A.O. Schwarz is a retailing phenomenon." Another Schwarz executive provides a clue: "Grandparents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailing: A Century in Toyland | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

...much of his time on the floor chatting with customers, continues to seek out the kind of exclusive toys that built the business. By offering premiums to toymakers, Schwarz gets them to add individualized touches to its toys-a redesigned box or an extra pair of shoes for a doll. The extras, plus a reputation for quality and service, bring Schwarz a premium...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailing: A Century in Toyland | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

...fails at politics despite open-faced dishonesty, and in the round of divorces and remarriages, Avery is clearly the loser. It is not long before he dies a ludicrous death (drunkenly, he dives into 2 ft. of water, thinking it is deep, trying to rescue a child's doll, thinking that it is a child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Goodfellow's Progress | 2/2/1962 | See Source »

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