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...limestone and marble Renaissance house-fine even in a finer place than Kansas City. The house alone cost $575,226.07. Inside was placed a profusion of Austrian hand-tufted carpets, tapestries, urns, silverware, china, pictures, bric-a-brac, chandeliers, for which Mr. Long paid $207,763.57. There were Oriental rugs in every bathroom. House and contents were listed on his personal ledger as an $11 asset. Last week more than 1,000 Kansas Citizens gratified a long-cherished ambition to see the inside of the Long house. Up for auction was everything Lumberman Long possessed except the sets of Dickens...
...Walter Hastings would have jarred on the Vagabond's nerves on a bright sunny day when sounds seemed to reverberate from their origin. But the rain was a dull absorbent muffler. It was like--thought the Vagabond--it was like a ball of wool falling on a Persian rug...
Cleopatra (Claudette Colbert) first arrives in the presence of Julius Caesar (Warren William) rolled up in a Persian rug. Later she puts on her familiar transparent skirt and brassiere, proceeds to seduce her conqueror in short order, accompanies him to Rome. When Caesar is assassinated, Cleopatra scuttles back to Egypt...
...office DeMille has a bearskin rug. Its purpose, he says, is to trip visitors so that he can test their poise. In his mansionesque Paradise Ranch, he has an immense Wurlitzer organ which he cannot play. He collects jade, says, "The greatest luxury I have is the ability to dress in clean clothes complete from the skin out every day." His favorite pastime is sitting on the bottom of the ocean. To this end his 106-ft. schooner Seaward carries a special 80-lb. helmet and metal shoes. Says DeMille: "It's a great way to keep in condition...
...Steel common, 54,833 American Telephone & Telegraph (which last week were reported to have been sold), 32,500 Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R.. one share of Jekyl Island (Ga.) Club valued at $1,500. His chattels, appraised at $736,604, included a 16th Century Indo-Persian rug ($60,000); two Beauvais wall tapestries and four Beauvais panels ($155,000); Rodin's The Kiss ($20,000). Under the will as probated, the banker's son and namesake, now chairman of First National Bank, received the bulk of the estate and personal effects. Two daughters, Evelyn Baker St. George...