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...compartments for four separate items, a brush a razor, after shaving lotion, shaving soap, and a space to hold blades. The whole thing measures four inches across. It's a great gimmick for people who make overnight trips. Complete, it comes to $7.50 and it has a special 14 karat gold shield on the top where initials can be engraved. Shreve, Crump and Lowe will handle the works before your Christmas exodus. This traveling iron is another article from Shreve's. Imported from England it's a necessity for people who travel. About four inches long it's made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Distinctive Christmas Gifts Unearthed | 12/7/1950 | See Source »

...hiked up at the sides to make their legs look longer." Cole's new bathing suits, as form-fitting as ever, go in heavily for vertical patterns to help the wearer look slim. The brightest eye catcher on display was a lace & jersey suit sparkling with 24-karat gold. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHION: In the Swim | 10/2/1950 | See Source »

While demanding that the International Monetary Fund boost the official rate, the gold-producing Union of South Africa devised a slick trick. To cash in on the high unofficial gold prices, yet not break the fund's rules against selling monetary (24-karat) gold at premiums, it began selling premium-priced 22-karat gold in the form of crudely made goblets, statuettes and other "artistic" trinkets, e.g. spoons weighing ½ lb., that were ideal for hoarding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN EXCHANGE: Fever Chart | 6/19/1950 | See Source »

...Adventures of Don Juan (Warner) is the latest episode in the Perils of Errol (Flynn). In this chapter, Errol is knee-deep in the intrigues of the Spanish court of Philip III and neck-deep in its lavish costumes. He is also once again a rascal with a 14-karat heart and a 1-karat mind. His intentions are high, true and gallant. His planning could at best be called faulty; it usually ends with Errol on the cold side of the dungeon walls and the villains holding the keys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jan. 3, 1949 | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

...trough and swilled up wealth with porcine delight. Leche, a fat and jolly man, built himself a mansion on the exclusive St. Tammany "Gold Coast." George Caldwell, an even fatter man, who was construction supervisor for the burgeoning L.S.U. campus, built an even better one-its bathroom boasted 14-karat gold fixtures. Not to be outdone, Abe Shushan, president of the New Orleans Levee Board, built a mansion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LOUISIANA: The Winnfield Frog | 8/30/1948 | See Source »

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