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...Manhattan's handsome Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, many a Catholic went last week to venerate the church's latest acquisition. Exposed during a solemn novena was a gilded silver reliquary containing a finger joint of St. Vincent Ferrer-one of the largest major relics extant of a man who was one of the greatest evangelists of all time. Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419), of knightly Spanish birth, belonged to the Order of Friars Preachers (Dominicans). For 50 years he lived austerely, declined all honors. With middle age came Vincent Ferrer's renown as a wonder worker...
...Quietly on view in the Brooklyn Museum last week went a great egg-shaped goblet which hundreds of devout folk believe to be the Holy Grail itself. Though in all historical accuracy it probably is no such thing, it is certainly one of the oldest pieces of Christian art extant...
Practically every way extant of thumbing the nose at outraged respectability is resorted to at one time or another in "She Married Her Boss," and all the things you've wanted to do but couldn't (such as throwing bricks through department store windows) are done. Vicarious satisfaction and a lot of laughs are the result. Efficient and mechanical, Julia Scott (Miss Colbert) runs a department store office that gets cut of hand as soon as she leaves. But her suppressed desire is to marry her boss, the aristocratic Richard Barclay (melvyn Douglas), who is as efficient...
Helpful in browsing through the treasures is a catalogue of the most important rarities still extant. Along with a sketch of Widener that is considered among the best, this guide contains clear and detailed descriptions as well as duplicates of valuable manuscripts. It tells the story of the very rare trial issue of "A Child's Garden of Verses," as well as of other famous papers...
...countless so-called Rembrandt paintings now extant, most authorities agree that no less than 400, no more than 700, are genuine...