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Good intrigue in Tzembia (the Balkans), involving troubled Senator Stephen Lucat, his wife and his mistress. Simon Brade goes over from London with Sir Jeremy Dantry of His Majesty's Intelligence Service. Gaetana, the mistress, runs off with a magician. Simon, who collects Chinese porcelain, runs off with the honors...
Principle of Dr. Myerson's "True-Blend" teeth: the inner body of porcelain is made in one of ten different shades from cream to orange, matched to a patient's original teeth, or to his complexion. Over this core, corresponding to the dentine of "natural teeth, Dr. Myerson slips a transparent grey enamel coat...
...Myerson's aim is to imitate, not improve on nature. So he often inserts little wedges of darker stained porcelain into the orange body, cuts ridges and erosions on the enamel coats, bleaches small patches, shadows imitation cavities, sets teeth crooked in their plastic plates. The new teeth are made in Dr. Myerson's two Boston factories, sold to dentists all over the U. S. through regular dental supply houses. A plate takes eight days to make, costs little more than ordinary false teeth...
...Characteristic art forms of successive Chinese dynasties were each represented by top-notch pieces. Bronzes of the Shang Dynasty (1766 B.C.-1122 B.C.), green with age, included the earliest known oil lamp. Other high lights: spirited pottery horses and camels of the T'ang Dynasty, Sung paintings, Ming porcelain. Since most good jade carving is fairly modern, Gump's specialty plays only a small part in the show. But privileged visitors could also see Gump's famed Jade Room, which has goddesses, screens, rings, roosters, bowls of flowers in different colors of jade, a translucent green sailboat...
Ever since she made her first appearance in Mexico last summer (and killed three bulls in one afternoon), Conchita has been first in the hearts of Mexican bullfight fans. Only 17 years old and weighing 108 lbs., she looks like a beautiful porcelain doll. In the ring she is not only exquisitely graceful-especially on her prancing, high-stepping mount-but absolutely fearless...