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...Kissing your hand may make you feel very good, but a diamond bracelet lasts forever." Thus wrote Anita Loos (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes} in the speakeasy 1920s. Since then the U. S. diamond market has faded away like hocked bracelets. Aiming to get it out of hock again, N. W. Ayer's advertising agency (which holds the account of Kimberley's De Beers diamond syndicate, biggest in the world) last year decided that the somewhat flawed diamond trade needed association with the higher things of life...
Since then, dainty little Conchita has learned the suertes (maneuvers) of the matador, has killed 62 bulls, both as matadora and rejoneadora. On her wrist she wears a charm bracelet, dangling 16 gold bull's ears, presented to her by Manager Da Camara-one for each fight in which she was awarded the bull's ear (for an expert killing...
...Miss Isabella Comeron gave the Finnish Legation in Washington a $2,000 diamond bracelet. Finnish Minister Hjalmar Procopé issued an immediate appeal for bicycles. New York's fiery, hen-shaped Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia told 1,200 lunchers thatcivilization was on the side of Finland and Finland was on the side...
...Shapiro) kibitzed Paris, Broadway and Hollywood because: 1) he craved fine-feathered friends, and 2) the right people could help him promote his interests. He wanted Cafe Society recognition for himself and his wife, Paula. On Paula's wrist Radio and Cinema Comedian George Burns saw a nifty bracelet. Soon No. 1 Zany Gracie Allen (Mrs. Burns) had $4,885 worth of duty-free baubles like Paula's. Soon Supreme Court Justice Edgar J. Lauer's wife, Elma, had a duty-free Paris wardrobe just as pretty as Paula...
From the $600,000 collection brought by courier, Zog chose a diamond tiara, a bracelet, brooch and two rings. The courier and his jewel box then boarded a Rome-bound Ala Littoria (Italian) airliner for his journey to Paris. After crossing the Apennines, the liner plunged into fog, suddenly smashed into the slope of Mt. Altino near Formia. The jewel box hurtled clear, burst open and spread the gems over the ground. Startled shepherds clambered to the plane, found it a blazing wreck, with the 19 passengers and crew dead. They pocketed as many of the bright stones as they...