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...Mich, 49, who had resigned in 1950 as executive editor of Look to become editorial director of McCall's (circ. 4,525,060). Because Cowles wanted "to give Mich a free hand in selecting his assistants," Look's Executive Editor William Lowe and Managing Editor Les Midgley resigned with Tasker. New Editorial Director Mich, whose salary at Look is close to $50,000 a year, will have a healthy magazine to work on. Look's 1953 advertising revenue was $23 million, highest in its history (up from $6,000,000 in 1946), and its new circulation guarantee...
...Walter Midgley, English tenor, has always recognized the hazards of stage mustaches: "They're a lot of trouble. They come off and make you look silly. I usually wear a painted one." But for publicity photos one day last week, he tried on a two-pronged affair on a nylon gauze mounting. It fitted so well ("You didn't know it was there") that he decided to wear it in Rigoletto at Covent Garden that night...
...Midgley launched into the Duke of Mantua's first big aria. "I felt fine. Every word was a joy." "La costanza tiranna del core detestiamo qual morbo crudele,"* he sang-and sucked in a deep breath to go on. In the same instant, off came the left wing of his mustache. Carried on the air stream, it disappeared down the tenor's throat...
...said later. "I was terrified." Quickly he turned his back and coughed up the mustache. He finished the performance, but even a dose of soothing honey did not reduce the tickling in his larynx. Next day a doctor probed, extracted a half-inch piece of gauze which Tenor Midgley identified as his mustache mounting...
Last week Edwin Midgley, still in comfortable financial circumstances, drove up to the mine gate in his limousine and asked for his old job. Why? Said Miner Midgley: "I got bored...