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...Horse Mackerel, by Karl Knaths, 64, was given by Department Storeman Morton D. May to the City Art Museum of St. Louis. Assistant Museum Director William Eisendrath calls it "an example of an American artist who is a genius, and who has come under the influence of cubism and expressionism. It is one of the best examples of its type." Says Benefactor May, who paid $1,200 for the canvas in the late '40s; "He [Knaths] abstracts nature, but it is still recognizable. Horse Mackerel is an abstraction of a giant tuna. One who looks carefully will...
...neighbor most concerned was Bonwit Teller's President Walter Hoving. As soon as he read about the plans of Maidman and Bulova, Department Storeman Hoving rode right out to Oyster Bay, L.I. to suggest to Tiffany President Louis de Bébian Moore that he take over. Hoving armed his offer with a pledge to preserve Tiffany's character and traditions, and leave management unchanged...
...somewhat giddy. Said one Manhattan storeman: "This is the most uninhibited Easter business I've ever seen. The ladies shop as if they'd been drinking champagne cocktails...
Married. Tse Kiong Sun, 29, grandson of Dr. Sun Yatsen; and Velma Lowe, 23, Mills College-educated daughter of Chain Storeman Andrew Lowe, one of California's leading Chinese merchants: in San Francisco...
...already dead ducks. Even if inventories are roof-top high, they expect to sell out long before any post-war slump catches them. But not all retailers are so cocky: giant Montgomery Ward has cautiously set up a $2,000,000 reserve for "price declines." And from visiting British Storeman Victor Coen came another caution note: "Those British retailers who made heavy advance purchases . . . were sadly disappointed...