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...Edna, declared the ancient (seventyish), roly-poly Messiah, was reincarnated the spirit of his first wife, Mother Divine, who died a few years ago. "Trace your thoughts back to what Mother said," Father urged his sheep. "She wants everybody to love me. . . ." Also, this was a spiritual deal-"not the marriage of a natural...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Made in Heaven | 8/19/1946 | See Source »

Died. Henrietta Richardson Robertson (pen name: Henry Handel Richardson), seventyish, Australian novelist (Ultima Thule) who lived in England but turned for subject matter to her native country; in Hastings, Sussex. A striver for Flaubertian impersonality, she achieved it so well that few readers guessed the author...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 1, 1946 | 4/1/1946 | See Source »

Mistinguett, ancient (seventyish) Parisian music-hall favorite whose shapely legs have outlasted two World Wars, saw Marlene Dietrich perform in Paris, cooed to a lobby listener: "Marlene was marvelous, but, chérie, you know, she's really getting very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Nov. 12, 1945 | 11/12/1945 | See Source »

Died. Countess Baldwin of Bewdley. seventyish, motherly, speechifying wife of Britain's ex-Prime Minister Stanley Bald win (they met at the home of his cousin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 2, 1945 | 7/2/1945 | See Source »

Because there have been "no debuts or social functions to speak of" for a year now, plump, persimmonish, seventyish Juliana Cutting retired last week as Manhattan's No. 1 social arranger and secretary. For nearly 20 years she has been ordering smilax, keeping the wrong people out of parties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Literary Life | 6/14/1943 | See Source »

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