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...portraits made by Helleu during the first two decades of the century. He is said to have done only four portraits of men-and the reason seemed obvious. Among his swan-necked beauties were the actress Liane de Pougy, Madame Helleu, Michael Strange, Mme. Louis Jacques Balsan (the former Duchess of Marlborough...
...Helleu's oldtime clientele appeared at last week's opening ceremonies. The event, on Bastille Day, was one of the most worldly of Manhattan's wartime week and produced some deft social comment. Reported the New York Journal-American's Cholly Knickerbocker:*". . . the former Duchess of Marlborough wasn't there. . . . The always impeccably clad Mrs. Harrison Williams arrived at the showing via her dainty 'tootsies.' . . . Almost everyone had an amusing tale of adventures encountered on busses, taxis and even subways...
...wealth and charm made his Parisian table a favorite of two continents. Bullitt thought nothing of throwing a party for the Duke and Duchess of Windsor (490 bottles of choice champagne), or embellishing his vast Moscow house with cockerels and baby bears borrowed from the zoo. As the first U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Bullitt was the darling of Moscow, until the mutual love affair turned to mutual coolness. He made a decorative but somewhat indiscreet U.S. Ambassador to France...
...Valley Forge General Hospital the Duchess of Windsor, in "Wallis Blue" and a sable scarf, bestrewed wounded U.S. fighting men with 1,500 rosebuds. Accompanying her, the Duke was clad in a grey plaid ten years old (too old to be one of those English drapes which some stylists conceive as a possible source of the zoot suit). The Duke compared the style of reporters' pants with his own, remarked: "I think it's a silly rule that does away with trouser cuffs...
British cinemas last week showed Winston Churchill's recent meeting with Franklin Roosevelt. The same newsreel included a brief shot of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor arriving in Washington during Churchill's visit. British audiences were attentive to Churchill and Roosevelt, but made no demonstration. When the Windsors appeared, houses echoed with applause and cheers...