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Died. Edward Clark Carter, 76, secretary-general of the Institute of Pacific Relations during the turbulent '30s and '40s when it numbered among its staff such controversial left-wingers as Millionaire Frederick Vanderbilt Field and Professor Owen Lattimore; in Manhattan. An early proponent of better U.S. understanding of Asia (and the wartime head of Russian War Relief), Carter denied during a 1951 Senate investigation that he was or had ever been a Communist, testified that the I.P.R. had rejected suggestions by Lattimore in the late '30s that it support Communism in China and Russia...
...late. The Tiltons were great pals of the suffragettes, and Mrs. Tilton's secret became known to the sharpest battle-ax of the women's movement, Mrs. Victoria C. Woodhull. "The Woodhull," as the papers called her, was a freeloving fortuneteller and spiritualist who, according to Commodore Vanderbilt, furnished him with valued market tips; on the platform she would point to her "brevet husband," a Civil War veteran named Colonel Blood, and yelp: "There stands my lover, but when I cease to love him, I shall leave him." When The Woodhull was attacked for living a libertine life...
...Turnure, had announced that the magazine's "definite object is the establishment of a dignified, authentic journal of society, fashion, and the ceremonial side of life," Vogue covered Manhattan's glittering social life with rapt attention. Thus the big story of 1895 was the marriage between Consuelo Vanderbilt and the young Duke of Marlborough. For its readers, Vogue carefully described the Vanderbilt trousseau: "The markings consist of the name 'Consuelo' embroidered on the nightgowns, chemises and corset covers on the left side, while on the drawers it adorns the left knee." For the new rich there...
...Ginger with Britain's Trevor Howard, but it lacked the pathos of either the 1936 Broadway original (starring Noel Coward and the late Gertrude Lawrence) or the movie version, Brief Encounter. But in the third number, Shadow Play, Ginger was romantically believable in the touching dream sequence. Gloria Vanderbilt posed beautifully in the small part of Ginger's rival...
...this week, after an early-morning workout, misfortune came back to dog the Dancer. He pulled up lame again, and Owner Alfred Vanderbilt finally decided to call it quits. In three years and 22 starts, the Big Grey had lost only one-the 1953 Kentucky Derby-and earned $785,240. Said Vanderbilt: "He will not race again, and will enter stud at the Sagamore Farm in Maryland next spring...