Word: fifth
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Madame Garnett, a sinewy, vivacious Russian approaching a prosperous middle age, displayed some items herself. Sophisticated guests applauded everything, jotted down style names ("Fifth Avenue," "Solitude"), descriptions ("cyclamen," "red and royal blue"). The piece de résistance was a black evening gown called "Tuileries" (price...
...grand showcase of the Arden beauty empire at 691 Fifth Avenue is guarded by a grey-liveried doorman and a red door marked simply, Elizabeth Arden. Inside, and scattered over a labyrinth of seven floors, is the amazing factory where ladies (from 2½ years to 84) go to get remodeled. The raw product is examined, diagnosed and then put on the Arden production line...
...fifth week, the coal strike was slowly throttling the productive life of the U.S. About 35,000 U.S. Steel employes were idle or down to part-time pay (other large steel companies were generally better off). About 20,000 railmen were out of work...
After Rubinstein took over, the price of securities of the companies usually went up, and he cashed in. Example: Panhandle stock went from $1 to $14. He married a tall, blond sculptress and bought the palatial six-story mansion at 814 Fifth Ave. of famed financier Jules Bache. As in his financial deals, the cash outlay was small, only one-fifth the $105,000 price. Downtown, Rubinstein worked hard. Uptown, in cafe society, he played hard. He became known as the man who always picked up the check, and thereby made new friends who might prove useful...
...Author. Novelist Ward was born in Fairmount, Ind., has been married 18 years. The Snake Pit is her fourth novel. She has finished the first draft of a fifth novel and the outline of a sixth. Says her husband: "Mary Jane isn't happy unless she has a novel under...