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...Henry Townley Heald, chancellor of New York University LL.D...
...British Council of Churches, the Archbishop of Canterbury welcomed them all to Britain, immediately touched a Baptist sore spot by making a plea for "the drawing together of the Church of Christ in the ecumenical movement." He got a quick answer from jovial, chubby Alliance President F. (for Fred) Townley Lord, a London pastor. Said Lord: "We decline to equate brotherly cooperation with sacrifice of essential principles . . . We do not share the views of those who talk about organizational division of Christendom...
...Klein needed a designer, and asked Claire's most recent boss how she had done. Said he: "If I were you, I'd go shoot craps with the money. It's not as much of a gamble as Claire McCardell." Nevertheless, Claire was hired back to Townley. Says Klein: "In this business, you have to be exciting or basic. I figured we were too small to be basic, so we had to be exciting...
...excitement. Breaking away from the Paris trend, she started designing dresses without shoulder pads. Geiss and Klein had to dash around to buyers assuring them that shoulder pads were available for those who wanted them (most did, since McCardell was at least five years ahead of the field). But Townley, with Klein handling the business side, made money, and has continued to do so ever since...
...match, for women who were forced to be their own maids. When Harper's Bazaar asked her to make something in which women could do their housework and still look smart, Claire obliged with the "Popover," a wraparound, coverall sort of dress in denim that sold for $6.95. Townley sold 75,000 of the first Popover model, and McCardell has had a variation of the Popover in every collection since...