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...Suzy," the ultra-fashionable hatshop is the same old chaotic monkey house it always was. The floor like a carpenter's shop, ankle-deep in debris, straws, feathers, spangles and silk flowers. Clients sitting mesmerized before individual mirrors, Sumner Welles at last forgotten, while cunning workwomen pull roses or bows over their right eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 22, 1940 | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

While guests at Juan-les-Pins bathed in her great pool cut out of solid rock, or slid down a long chute into the Mediterranean, Maxine Elliott, no longer beautiful, played with her famed monkey Kiki, ate whole chocolate layer cakes for lunch. She grew, old there, and monstrous fat. There, last week, she died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Venus With Arms | 3/18/1940 | See Source »

Lowell House's latest female pet, Rummy, appeared near death yesterday when its owner, Porter Cole '41, fed her too many peanuts. An Indian monkey, Rummy, ate all the peanuts for their salt content...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TOO MANY PEANUTS MONKEY'S RUIN; DRINKS WHISKEY NOW | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

...desperation Cole called Boston's Animal Rescue League, which recommended that the monkey be put on a diet of White Label Whiskey, onions, and chocolate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TOO MANY PEANUTS MONKEY'S RUIN; DRINKS WHISKEY NOW | 3/11/1940 | See Source »

...Republican minority making a monkey out of Franklin D. Roosevelt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Current affairs Test | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

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