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...Sargent rose highest in his lifetime and fell farthest afterwards. Some of his paintings at Chicago, such as the vibrant portrait of Mile. Suzanne Poirson and the elegantly sexy Egyptian Girl (see spread), will surprise those who have come to regard him as a mere Cecil Beaton of the paintbrush. He had more dash than genius, yet in his best moments the portly, full-bearded conservative stood among the immortals...
...gendarmes guarding the railroad bridge challenged a shadowy figure, gave chase, and ran him down. It was Town Constable Magne. Said he with quick resourcefulness: "I have a rendezvous with a lady. As a man of honor I cannot divulge her name." But Gallic chivalry could not conceal the paintbrush and paint bucket Magne was holding. Charged with being a whitewashing police officer by day and a paint-slapping Communist by night, Constable Magne was fired last week...
...solid year, Father Joseph V. Rhodes, 37, of Paducah, Ky. has been pitching in with lathe, level, and paintbrush to help build a new parochial school. Last week classes began in Rosary Chapel School, a three-story brick building containing six classrooms and eight grades, living quarters for four Ursuline teacher-nuns, a cafeteria, and a basement auditorium seating about 200. But the statistic Father Rhodes was truly proud of was the enrollment: 150 Negro pupils...
...Florence C. Casler, 51, 41st employee of the U.S. Radium Corp. to die of radium poisoning; in East Orange, NJ. While working in the corporation's plant in Orange in 1917-19, Mrs. Casler, like the other victims, apparently swallowed bits of radium when she moistened a paintbrush with her lips while painting numerals on watch and clock dials. Apparently unaffected for 23 years, she showed the first symptoms of her fatal illness...
Well-Groomed Africa One of the brightest little art shows in Manhattan this week is the work of a Hollywood dress designer. But Gilbert Adrian, 48, is also a good man with a paintbrush, and after a six-week tour of Africa with his wife, Janet Gaynor, he has 19 oils to show...