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A young Negro artist was startling and impressing London gallerygoers last week with a show of paintings as tangled and threatening as the jungles of his home colony, British Guiana. Painted in equatorial reds, yellows and greens, the canvases were packed with figures as sturdy as tree trunks, topped by...
For at least a decade of her reign as the blonde and vivacious "bless you" darling of sophisticated café society, one of Hildegarde's favorite quips has been: "If the folks at home could only see what has happened to Hildy." Last week the folks were getting their...
Nine fire trucks were on the scene within two minutes and quickly put out the blaze before much damage was done to a nearby wall. The fire caused confusion as students rushed to save trunks stored in the basement rooms.
A dozen weighty trunks were hefted aboard the plane. No one inspected them; the French government had waived customs formalities. Then the Thorez litter was passed in, the white curtains were drawn and Maurice Thorez crossed into a world that outsiders are not allowed to glimpse.
Most eye-catching export: life-size mechanical elephants, made by a Maxted, Essex company. They wave their trunks, flap their ears, have a carrying capacity of ten adults or 16 children and get 15 miles on the gallon. Five have been ordered by U.S. showmen. Price: $3,200 apiece.