Maughams Collection to be Sold by Sothebys
Sothebys in London will auction Somerset Maughams art treasures on April 10 including Gauguins Tahitian Girl door and Picasso works. The sale spans 34 pieces from Maughams Tahiti Paris Cap Ferrat villa holdings featuring Renoir Toulouse Lautrec Matisse Monet Utrillo and OConnor works. Sothebys predicts the event may set a high total for an impressionist modern sale, rivaling a previous 2.19 million-dollar record.
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Maris Ross London
UPI
Somerset Maugham
Gauguin
South Sea
Tahiti
Maugham
Sotheby’s
Papeete
Covent Garden
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Henry de Toulouse- Lautrec
Henry Matisse
Claude Monet
Maurice Utrillo
Saint Paul de Vence
France
Mediterranean
Cap Ferrat
Sotheby's
Goldschmidt
Jackie Helps Greek Heart Patient Receive Pendant
The White House reports 11 year old Chrysanthemis Papacotsis, aided by Jacqueline Kennedy, is progressing after heart surgery. Mrs Kennedy gave the girl a gold pendant to mark her birthday last week in America for the operation.
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Washington
UPI
Jacqueline Kennedy
White House
Chrysanthemis Papacotsis
America
Paprika Adds Rosy Hue to French Dressing
If you want that French dressing to have a rosy hue, add a goodly sprinkling of paprika. This simple seasoning brightens color and flavor, pairing well with the tang of olive oil and vinegar.
Raisin Bread Pudding With Spiced Custard and Meringue
A raisin bread pudding recipe with a milk egg custard, baked in cups in a water bath, finished with a browned meringue. Serves four. Includes details on brioche-like bread cubes, cinnamon, vanilla, and optional tart jelly topping.
Abe’s Relative Makes No Plans On His Birthday
Miss Mary Lincoln Beckwith, 63, heiress to the Lincoln name, runs a 1000 acre Vermont dairy, milking 20 head this year. She says she plans nothing special for the 153rd birthday of Robert Todd Lincoln and jokes about taxes while neighbors note she cares little for her notable ancestry. Her cousin Lincoln Isham in Dorset curates Lincolniana for the Smithsonian.
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Manchester
Mary Lincoln Beck
Lincoln
Robert Todd Lincoln
Miss Beckwith
Robert Lincoln
Vermont
Mary Todd Lincoln
Harvard
Lincoln Isham
Dorset
Smithsonian
Washington
Lincoln Beckwith
Virginia
Vermont Ties in Lincoln Douglas Legacy at Hildene
The piece notes Lincoln era debates with Stephen Douglas, a Brandon Vermont native and Brandon Academy graduate. It cites Vermont voting power in 1860, a state holiday for workers, and Mary Lincoln Beckwith at Hildene showing quiet pride in ancestral roots.
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Springfield
Stephen Douglas
Lincoln
Brandon
Brandon Academy
Abe
Vermont
San Douglas
Mary Lincoln Beckwith
Wedding Vows Exchanged In Cedar Rapids Church
Miss Rose Marie Vanous and Dale A. Wacker exchanged marriage vows February 4 at the Evangelical Reformed church. The couple is described with parents at 1217 Sixteenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids and Mr and Mrs Andrew Wacker as the groom’s family. The Rev W E Odenbach officiated.
Wacker and Bride Wed. Post-nuptial Shower Planned
The Cedar Rapids couple, Mr and Mrs Wacker, wed recently with sister and brother of the bridegroom in attendance. The groom farms near Palo and they will reside at 329 A Avenue NW. A post-nuptial shower for 60 guests is set for Wednesday at 8 at the Knotty Pine Inn hosted by Mrs Pace, Mrs Nejdel, and Mrs Kopecek at listed addresses.
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Wacker
Ray Wacker
The
Cedar Rapids
Mon
Palo
Knotty Pine Inn
Marcus Pace
Twenty-sixth Street
Edward Nejdel
Ivanhoe Road
Charles Kopecek
Second Street
Local Names Note Short Items From City Notices
Readable fragments list residents SW and SE addresses, Mrs Kenneth Vanous and Mrs Leo Vanous, plus Sophie and Don Juan Carlos mentioned for next May in a local context.
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Kenneth Vanous
Hawthorne Drive
Leo Vanous
Sixth Javenue SE
Sophie
Prince
Don Juan Carlos
Princess Alexandra Invited as Bridesmaid in Athens Wedding
The London Daily Sketch reports Princess Alexandra of Britain has been invited to serve as a bridesmaid at the wedding in Athens of a Greek princess. The detail underscores royal ties and ceremonial duties in a high profile European wedding.
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London
UPI
London Daily Sketch
Britain
Alexandra
Athens
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Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Roderick O'Connor
Paris
O'Connor
Montmartre
Carol Jones
Carol
Sunnydale
Calif
Jackie
By Naomi Doebel
DEELY
Ken's Beauty Clinic
Ken
Curry Cat
Corner Center
29Th St
29Th Street
13Th St
Otemer
Dickey
Colognes
Hattie Carnegie
Frances Denney
Ciro
Mary Chess
Caron Fleur de Rocaille
Caron
Rosenstein
Arden
Rosenstein Odalisque
Arden's
My Love
Arthur Ristau
Coin Descendants
NEA
Hiltbrunner
2Nd Street
Herbert Levy
Levy
Armstrong Designer Shop
Machin
Mt. Vernon Rd
Princess Alexandra
Isedorm
St. NE
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