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...Victoria. Fribourg's bed was one that Napoleon had had made for himself and Marie Louise; it bears the date of their wedding. Fribourg owned 18th century Gobelin tapestries and Sèvres china designed by Boucher; he had 70 rare gold boxes that were once used for snuff or jewelry, of which the best examples could today fetch $20,000 apiece. When Fribourg entertained, he and his guests enjoyed not only the meal but also the museum-quality sets of china it was served...
...Richmond, Va., who was elected President of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The W.W.C.T.U. was holding its 22nd triennial convention in New Delhi, India, and President Jarrett soon found that there was work to do. She was going to Jaipur to help her colleagues snuff out that city's consumption of potent jag mohan (110-proof) and gulabi (rose petal liquor). Her substitute for the boozy brews: "a creative recreation program for young people which will enable them to know what beverage alcohol is and what it does...
...used for this week's cover (oil on canvas, 40¼ in. by 32 in.) is one of Stuart's famed replicas that he did from his originals for the plain purpose of making money (perpetually in financial trouble, Stuart fled England in 1787 owing ?80 for snuff, and died in 1828 leaving a pile of debts and a priceless heritage of paintings...
...House Judiciary Committee and Cooper's sponsor. Invited to testify, Celler praised Cooper's record and declared: "Any man whose blood does not at times grow hot at the sight of evil or in the presence of utter incompetence isn't worth a pinch of snuff...
...than ever over the medical problems involved with tobacco. The A.M.A.'s new president. Dr. George M. Fister, of Ogden, Utah, announced in his inaugural address that, to guide physicians, the A.M.A. would start a year-long study of smoking and disease. The American Cancer Society, eager to snuff out smoking among college students, began a campaign to persuade university presidents to ban tobacco company sponsorship of radio and TV broadcasts of intercollegiate athletic events...