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...Zeno, now 52, presided over it all like an unconventional patriarch, counseling his children, praying with them, and playing his accordion for them. Instead of his clerical soutane, he wore a beret and turtleneck sweater. Unfortunately, he was never able to dodge conventional economics. With most of its citizens too young to earn enough money to support the colony, Nomadelphia accumulated a disastrous debt of 310 million lire (nearly $500,000). By last month the creditors were growing restless...
...Debt. Good-natured Little Apostle Don Zeno likes to amble through his Village of Brotherhood in turtleneck sweater and beret, pepping things up with a tune on his accordion. This week his bushy eyebrows were knitted with concern over plans for expansion. More foster mothers have been signing up each year (current total: 100), but Nomadelphia still has a waiting list of 7,000 abandoned children. To take care of the overflow, Don Zeno has bought 3,000 acres for a new "village" on the Tyrrhenian coast...
...Bill installed pool tables, bowling alleys and card games for the kids. He let himself be chucked into the lake summers at the First Christian Church men's outing, and he wrestled all comers on the grass. He was not above presiding at public rallies in an old turtleneck sweater...
...Boosters' Club proclaimed "A" (for Appreciation) Week. The Chamber of Commerce switched the date of its annual "pigskin party" so that 250 high-school students from nearby towns could see the game. The Chamber's secretary and the town's health inspector rigged themselves up in turtleneck sweaters and knickers as auxiliary cheerleaders...
Nadelman had his first show in a Paris gallery in 1909. His command of classic sculpture caused so much talk that Matisse put up a sign in his studio, forbidding discussion of Nadelman. The sculptor was then 27, a shy, handsome Pole in a turtleneck sweater who stayed away from the cafes, almost never left his studio except for long walks at night...