Word: collector
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Francis Welch ("Frank") Crowninshield, 75, longtime editor of the late, famed Vanity Fair, pioneer U.S. collector of modern French art, elegant bon vivant of the old school; after an operation; in Manhattan. Frank Crowninshield made Vanity Fair a gourmet's selection of new, high-flavored literary and artistic dishes, sandwiched bright new writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anita Loos and E. E. Cummings between the paintings of Matisse, Segonzac, Pascin, Laurencin, and seasoned the whole with Covarrubias caricatures and Steichen photographs. At 71, after observing that "it would make a frightful mess if I died and left...
Song-&-Glance Man Maurice Chevalier, who made a pile in Hollywood in 1935, returned to the scene of his triumph and was promptly buttonholed by the state tax collector. Chevalier, who declared he had forgotten all about it, sighed, handed over the delinquency...
...Last week the A.P. reported from Warsaw that when uncooperative Shopkeeper Antoni Olesinski complained that his taxes were too high, he was assessed another $1,000. He undressed and threw his clothes on the tax collector's counter. That brought him a $10 fine for disorderly conduct...
...Indianapolis last week Garbage Collector Noah Bowman reported one day's take: one unopened 24-lb. sack of flour, one whole cantaloupe, half a chicken, an unopened loaf of bread, an 8-lb. slab of bacon. Worst offenders: childless couples, who cut two pieces out of a pie and discard the rest. Worst periods: after holidays...
...hunter, offered $12,500 for the lot. The auctioneer promptly canceled all previous bids in favor of Holzworth's and shut up shop. But next day Gustave Doré's paintings were still gathering grime in the warehouse. As a final twist, which Balzac might have appreciated, Collector Holzworth was arrested, charged with passing phony checks...