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...cirulation of a few hundred thousand. To his own women-readers Nast brought the excitement of modern art, from Seurat to Modigliani and to Covarrubias, the breath-taking photography of Steichen, Beaton, Lohse, Baron Hoyningen-Huene; and the vivid drama of fashion-drawings by Carl Ericsson, Sigrid Grafstrom, Count René Bouët-Willaumez and many others, which in turn influenced all U.S. advertising art. Vogue became a feminine bible of taste. Even its cheesecake was cool and cultured: cheesecake prettily iced. Technician Nast became a millionaire...
Karl Schafer of Austria had more difficulty than he expected in beating his arch rival, Gillis Grafstrom of Sweden. Grafstrom, a week before the men's figure skating championship, had hurt his leg but was sufficiently recovered to take 1,496 points for his school figures and barely lose by 2,602 to 2,514.5. A debonnaire French couple, Met Mme Pierre Brunet, won the championship for pairs...
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