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...autobiography, Grandma gives a memorable description of her wedding outfit : "A going-away costume of a very dark green dress, and jacket the same, a hat, the same, trimmed with a pink feather. The first thing I had on was a chemise, then my corsets, a corset waist, a pair of pantsies, a little flannel skirt, the bustle, a white skirt, then the dress. The dress was made with a skirt lining and wigging stitched on up to the knees, and the dress cloth went over that, a long skirt reaching to the floor. Then an overskirt over that, that...
Remembering Freddie. In exile in London. Mutesa II last week proved almost as popular in Britain as he became overnight in his own country. Englishmen remembered him from his Cambridge days when his tall, dandified figure, complete with tightly furled umbrella and dudish Edwardian jacket, was a familiar sight, in Mayfairs poshest bars. His friends called him Freddie, and last week the name caught on all over Britain. Amply subsidized by the British government, Freddie took a suite in the Savoy, bought a hat and slipped out to see his old friends...
...island governor, Sir Hugh Foot, next day made by Elizabeth a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. After three days, embarking for the Panama Canal Zone on the 15,902-ton liner Gothic, the Queen was startled when a dusky Jamaican, impetuously turned Raleigh, tossed his linen jacket at her feet. Ignoring the incident, the Queen walked on. This week, after landing at Cristobal, Elizabeth and Philip spent a busy day inspecting the canal and attending a state dinner given by Panama's President Jose Antonio Remon. Early next morning the Gothic headed westward across the Pacific, bound...
...Italy's most talented artists. He is also a member of the central committee of the Italian Communist Party. And like all creative artists who submit to the authority of the party, Guttuso has had plenty of trouble fitting his artistic conscience into the tight jacket of Red discipline. Last week Rome's Pincio Gallery was staging an exhibition of seven oils and 16 drawings which showed Guttuso's latest efforts to bring his art and politics into line...
...Literary Life. In Milwaukee, Mrs. Eleanor Trier told officials that she had stolen a jacket, steam iron, and skirt from a department store only because a stranger had asked her to do "research" for a book on shoplifting, promised to mention her name in the book...