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Commandeered for the annual benefit gala of the Union des Artistes (a sort of French Equity), Paris' one-ring Cirque d'Hiver acquired a second center of attention with the midnight entrance of Brigitte Bardot, 27. Combining the Empire look with what copycats in New York's Garment District currently push as the "proffered bosom," the tiara-topped screen queen was the focus of all eyes-save those of Playwright Marcel Achard, 61, an Academy "immortal" who was ensconced next to her in what appeared to be a state of stunned euphoria...
...Your Representative." The ceremonies at Canaveral were only the beginning for John Glenn. This week he would return to Washington for a more formal reunion with the President. He would ride in a gala parade and address a joint session of Congress. "Usually the honor is reserved for heads of state," Lyndon Johnson told him, "but in this case the whole country has elected you." After Washington there would come New York ?and what promised to be the biggest ticker-tape welcome in history. And after that, John Glenn may tour the free world for his country...
Lollo Is 101. By hook or by looks, Germans scramble avidly to get in on Madame Club's frequent gala nights. As many as 400 guests cram into the high-columned room (legal limit: 80), often sit two-deep at the candlelit, mirror-topped tables. House champagne costs only $4 a bottle, but vintage Moet & Chandon at $12 is swilled and spilled by the Jeroboam. The entertainment consists mostly of commercials. One recent evening Meat Packer (and charter member) Kurt Distler presented a program devoted to a new, deep-frozen brand of sausage. Status seekers come anyway...
Since the grill's gala inaugural in June, Spa business has tripled. Starting Monday, Bartley will also offer breakfast on his redoubtable grill; for the grease-weary this may be close to an embarras de richesse...
...magic number e=mc squared until he is struck by lightning. It isn't funny, because Tushnet patronizes the old Rabbi he has created and has a sentimental realist's way of describing things in too much detail. Better written is Daniel Eigerman's "Cirrhosis to Benefit by Gala," another short story; this one has bits of excellent dialogue and snatches of humor, but its two main characters, a Jewish photographer and an alcoholic society woman seem awfully familiar: Mr. Eigerman is in danger of becoming a Jewish John O'Hara...