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...decision had fallen to him because two high-born women were at war over the girl's custody. One was sleek, brittle Mrs. Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt, 29. the child's mother. The other was the child's aunt, lean-faced, determined Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, born Gertrude Vanderbilt 57 years ago. For two years Mrs. Whitney had kept her late brother's only daughter on her 3,000-acre estate at Old Westbury, L. I. while his widow occupied herself in smart European resorts. Last September, settled in a house in Manhattan, Mrs. Vanderbilt had little...
...stroke of midnight a sleek black limousine rolled up to Annie's alley. Annie and her apples were whisked across town to the Waldorf-Astoria, escorted to a three-room suite. As a tip the bellboy received an apple. The bed was too soft, the nightgown too silky, the gold & rose furnishings too frightening to permit sleep. Annie paced the deep plush carpet. Next morning she climbed into bed for breakfast. The pressagents took her to a Fifth Avenue smartshop. Shrewdly she chose two black gowns, both very simple, very tasteful, very expensive. After lunch, to her great delight...
...just over an hour a double line of sleek Manhattan socialites, confined by a red plush rope, edged down a long corridor, edged past the receiving line, edged on into the Grand Ballroom for dinner. After dinner Mrs. Morrow made a little speech about the initials Y. W. C. A., thought of all the nice things she could which began with Y (Youth), with W (Wisdom), C (Charity) and A (Alertness). To close the program, 500 Young Women trooped in, presented a pageant of Y. W. C. A. activities...
...York society girl most in demand this season as a model is Miss Mary Taylor whose sleek figure and expression of aristocratic disdain are just what modistes and manufacturers desire as a symbol of the superiority of their wares. Twenty years old, a debutante of 1932, known as "Mimsy" to her friends, Miss Taylor is the daughter of Bertrand L. Taylor and the present Mrs. Francis H. McAdoo. She is careful to avoid posing for any of the more intimate feminine accessories, but she is always available for such publications as Vogue, such smart shops as Jay Thorpe and Saks...
...board, stepped into his company's newest train, sat down in a Pullman named "E. H. Harriman." Also aboard were U. P.'s President Carl Raymond Gray, and many an other bigwig. This was no ordinary train; it was the railroad's answer to aviation-a sleek streak of canary-yellow speed...