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...state senators from New York City charged that Erway was a "Goldwater Democrat" who had voted with the Republicans on occasion, had fought a measure to ban discrimination in public housing. Erway countered the discrimination charge with the feeble defense that he was on excellent terms with his Negro maid, and that during Civil War days his farm had served as a station on the Underground Railroad...
With a staff that includes a butler, an upstairs maid, a personal maid, a cook, two gardeners, a chauffeur and a part-time secretary, someone is almost always on duty. Thursday nights, however, Mrs. de Guigne does the cooking. "I love it," she says. "After all, I love my home, and why shouldn't I? I'm a housewife...
...dough-faced TV and screen star (McHale's Navy, Marty), her fourth husband, whom she married June 27 declaring "I've never been in love, really in love, before"; on grounds of extreme mental cruelty (she complained that Ernie refused to fire his 60-year-old maid, saying, "If you don't like my mode of living, you can lump it"); in Santa Monica...
...swelled, so did the problems. What was once a cozy private affair, supervised to the last detail by supercautious parents, became en masse a complicated business. Where, for instance, should au pairs eat their meals? With the family, as a half daughter, or in the kitchen, as a half maid? May they entertain friends at home once their work is finished, or see them only on days off? Since municipal and government agencies had no jurisdiction over such volunteer workers, perplexed housewives fell back on their own instincts, often with disastrous results...
...studio apartment with terrace rents for $195 a month; a three-bedroom, split-level goes for $450; penthouses on the 15th floor with three bedrooms, three baths, a maid's room and bath, an atrium open to the sky, and a sunken living room are $1,000 a month. In addition to the view, other attractions are available at relatively modest extra cost to all tenants: access to the free-form swimming pool carved out of the cliff is $100 a year per family, garage parking is $25 a month, limousine service from Horizon House to Manhattan executive suites...