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...brightly colored drinking fountain that looked vaguely like some giant metallic orchid-8 ft. high, with flowing petals and a stippled yellow, blue and white enamel finish. There was a high spout for adults, and a lower one for children. Decorating the fountain were abstract figures with long, storklike arms and legs. Junyer worked out his idea last year on a trip to Sweden, when it suddenly struck him how "stylized and ugly" drinking fountains had become. With the help of Swedish Architect Hans Asplund, he assembled four old bathtubs, then worked six weeks to cut, weld and enamel them...
...Enamelstrip Corp. in Allentown, Pa. last week clambered Lehigh County Judge John H. Diefenderfer. There he sniffed suspiciously at the company's chimney. For months, nearby residents had been after an injunction against Enamelstrip as a public nuisance for the stench given off by its ovens (which bake enamel on to metal at 500° Fahrenheit). Judge Diefenderfer, after several judicious sniffs, said: "I can't smell a thing...
...UPPER STORY, on Palmer Street next to the Coop annex, specializes in providing gifts which are thoughtfully and painstakingly conceived as well as stunningly attractive. This tie, of French silk in subtle shades of grey, may be combined with Howe enameled cuff links for a tasteful, dignified gift to any man. The tie is $8.00, the cuff links, $6.50. Other ties go for $4.00. The shop also has beautifully designed enamel jewelry for women...
Last week Eudeline went back to the presidential palace to receive his reward. On Eudeline's chest, President Vincent Auriol pinned the white-enamel-and-silver cross of a chevalier of the Legion of Honor, founded in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte to honor those who, "by their knowledge, their virtues, their talent," have upheld the principles of the French Republic. He will be entitled to wear the inconspicuous red lapel ribbon, and will find special seats reserved for him at parades and other functions-joining the democratic company of the 196,146 Frenchmen who also have the Legion...
...sagging cot, a few dingy chairs, a foot locker, and a small table on which rested a half-used box of Kleenex, a bottle of ink, and a key ring with three keys. The only spot of color in the drab room was supplied by a bright blue enamel chamberpot under...