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...Marie Louise Schroeder Hosford Whitney, 41, fourth wife of Multimillionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney, 68, bravely fastened on the $500,000 string of pearls that had once adorned the throat of France's Empress Eugenie and set out for her own party at the Saratoga Golf Club. Even Marylou, as she has styled herself ever since she got to like the signature on her oil paintings, admitted that the big pearls might seem "too much" for just an afternoon tea dance. But if ever a gal needed a lift last week, it was Marylou...
There she was, about to face the cream of Saratoga's August racing community. Not that they didn't all know each other; after all, it was the fifth party that Marylou had given in eight days. Nor was it because that, in honor of the Belmont Ball committee, she had invited them to, of all things, an after-the-races tea dance. "There are so many cocktail parties," Marylou said, "I wanted to do something just a little different." The reason for the apprehension was that "they"-the Wideners, the Wetherills, the Vanderbilts and the Sanfords-would...
Miserable on Champagne. The miracle of "it" all was that the thieves had missed the pearls, which Marylou had casually dropped into her bedroom dresser drawer. But they hadn't missed much else: her diamond engagement ring, Sonny's mother's diamond necklace, ruby and sapphire pins, even the turquoise owl pin that Marylou recalled sadly was "the first thing Sonny ever gave me." Even more maddening, there were no clues. Five of the six servants had taken off the night of the theft; the butler had locked every door but the front one. As the police...
Because Sonny likes to have beautiful things out and in use, Marylou uses the silver cups and platters won by the Whitney racing stable for everything from caviar to sherbet. The same goes for the jewelry that Sonny loves to collect. As a result, Marylou has been a stunning adornment to every ball she has attended. Adding a special luster is the 1,900-diamond tiara, once the property of Empress Elizabeth of Austria, which she likes to wear for specially grand occasions, such as the opening of the Metropolitan Opera...
...Brandenburg Concerto No.5 matched the brilliance of the Mozart. Harpsichordist G. S. Rousseau ripped through his part with a technical virtuosity that left listeners breathless. His concern with speed caused him to rush in all three movements, but his control and clear phrasing helped make up for this. Violinist Marylou Speaker and flutist Leslie Claff both played very sensitively, executing their imitative sections elegantly. Miss Speaker's tone was rich and warm; Miss Claff's was clear but, unfortunately, was often covered by the orchestra. The strings, especially the violins, were astonishing: their sound blossomed in the opening bars...