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Died. George Criticos. 77, Greek-born friend of royalty and porter to the famous for more than 45 years at London's Ritz Hotel, who in 1932 chaperoned the then 21-year-old Aly Khan on a three-month American junket, and later moonlighted as his bet runner, placing more than $700,000 on the horses during the prince's last 27 years; of heart attack; in London. Criticized Criticos in his autobiography: "Millionaires are not usually very happy people, I have found. They're too full of worries about their wealth and health...
From his earliest expatriate days, when he knew James Joyce and Gertrude Stein at Sylvia Beach's Paris bookshop, Hemingway plainly enjoyed being a celebrity among celebrities. He went fishing with Charles Ritz, the Paris hotel man, and considered fighting a duel over Ava Gardner, whose honor somebody had insulted. In Paris he invariably cultivated Georges Carpentier, the prizefighter turned saloon owner; in New York he befriended Restaurateur Toots Shor, and despite an often-expressed desire for privacy, went on the town with Gossip Columnist Leonard Lyons. He not only allowed but encouraged the world to turn him into...
...This points to the larger fact that trying to buy service through tipping is an illusion. The nouveaux riches, or Willis Waydes, have always been far less well served than the notoriously careful aristocratic rich, celebrated in O'Hara. The way some people tip at Boston's Ritz-Carlton, it is easy to see that the Brahmins have managed to hold onto their wealth over the years by prudently avoiding the outstretched hand; after all, why should one pay 15% interest on one's dinner when one's investments bring in only...
...every night except Saturday,. when midnight rings down the curtain. Local libertarians are currently engaged in a full-scale attack on the Blue Laws, but in the meantime, just drink fast. The plush scenes are the Merry-Go Round Room in the Sheraton Plaza Hotel, the Ritz Bar in the Ritz Carlton, the Keyboard Lounge in the Somerset Hotel, and the Eliot Lounge in the Eliot Hotel...
Home to Bed. That decision shook New York Republicans, particularly since recent private polls have shown that Javits could handily defeat Democratic Mayor Robert Wagner. At first glance, it would seem that even the Ritz Brothers could beat "Bumbling Bob" Wagner. His administration has been spattered by scandal. His lurching efforts to satisfy all of New York City's warring Democratic factions have satisfied none. He recently underwent surgery to remove a tumor behind the ear, and his health remains dubious. Last week, pale and drawn as he attended a Democratic banquet honoring Bronx Boss Charles Buckley, Wagner...