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...Rosa Ponselle's penthouse apartment a pair of blue & gold portieres hang as souvenir of the second stage of her career. They are a part of the cyclorama used by the Ponzillo sisters (Carmela & Rosa) in vaudeville. Carmela had gone to New York ahead of Rosa, worked as a cloak model and sung in a cabaret. She and Rosa were engaged for their sister act when they had no money left, no clothes except their street suits. When they arrived at the theatre for their first turn, the manager protested about their clothes. They told a cock-&-bull story about...
...Pair men's or women's shoes...
...Pair silk stockings...
...Pair lisle stockings...
...Thus a pair of skis came to be associated with the popular idea of the "Dartmouth type" who was supposed to be traditionally dressed in corduroy trousers and a dirty sweat-shirt. But until recently those skis were more or less of a myth. Strange as it may seem to those brought up on the Dartmouth outdoor tradition, hundreds of men graduated from the college without knowing a telemark from a gelandesprung. Skiing was left to a comparatively small group of outdoor enthusiasts of the dyed-in-the-wool sort...