Word: monteux
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...regard to "Frisco's Frenchman" in TIME (April 3): we all liked the article very much indeed, but we must take exception to the statement that Mr. Monteux dyes his hair. We will be in New York in November when this French-American will conduct the New York Philharmonic, and we would like very much to invite the editors of TIME to assist at a thorough shampooing of the Maitre's black locks. If one bit of coloring is found in the water, we cordially invite said editors to the Stork Club for a champagne dinner...
...being a "rolypoly French wife": rolypoly I certainly am, due in part to the steady diet of oysters and champagne. This I cannot refute. But I definitely am not a Frenchwoman. I am a dyed-in-the-wool (and I do not mean Mr. Monteux's wool) Maineiac, and proud indeed of my old New England ancestry...
DORIS HODGKINS MONTEUX...
Civic Attraction. In San Francisco, Monteux's portly figure, dyed black hair and Gallic wit have long since become civic features. He lives with his excitable, rolypoly French wife in the oldfashioned, palatial Fairmont Hotel atop Nob Hill. The Monteux blue-serge suits and pearl stickpins are often seen in social salons...
...Pierre Monteux rules the San Francisco Symphony like a good-natured, grandfatherly but absolute Czar. Only one person dares dispute his authority: Mme. Monteux, who broods over the symphony with a maternal passion that is sometimes embarrassing. Not long ago all the bald-headed musicians in the orchestra suddenly blossomed out with toupees. In this connection, Mme. Monteux's name was widely mentioned. Everyone agreed the effect was interesting...