. The Ladies' home journal. THIS is the month when we lookout the window and see elephantsstrolling down thestreet, and llolondHoller, from Ringlings, drops in totell us about the circus at MadisonSquare Carden. As with us and mil-lions of others, elephants for Mr. far and away the favorite circusanimals. Tells us about Modoc, ma-triarch of all forty-one pachydermsi u l he circus—the time in the Gardenbasement when Jewel, the youngest,and curious as a cat, clambered in-credibly into a pageant float, and gotsi uck, holding up the performanceupstairs. Modoc calmly walked over,head-shoved t
. The Ladies' home journal. THIS is the month when we lookout the window and see elephantsstrolling down thestreet, and llolondHoller, from Ringlings, drops in totell us about the circus at MadisonSquare Carden. As with us and mil-lions of others, elephants for Mr. far and away the favorite circusanimals. Tells us about Modoc, ma-triarch of all forty-one pachydermsi u l he circus—the time in the Gardenbasement when Jewel, the youngest,and curious as a cat, clambered in-credibly into a pageant float, and gotsi uck, holding up the performanceupstairs. Modoc calmly walked over,head-shoved the float onto its side,smashed the superstructure with hertrunk, releasing the miscreant (cost-ing Kinglings a couple thousand dol-lars), but the show went on. . .And dont underestimate the fact thatall the circus elephants are females. While doing a little research for a speechon vision, Louise Benjamin ran into a place where theyll make up any WALTER HERSTATT STUDIOS. I r a person of average height,eiuhl \ anl- of black satin is sufficientf»r a skirt. Never put bananas in the refrig-erator; wear em on your glasses. kind of frames youwant. For instance,the Ouehess of Windsor wantedseveral pairs of blue-plaid frames—nofooling—and got them; another womanhad them make her a pair to match hernew green limousine; a South Americanlady ordered four expensive pairs, be-jeweled and wildly colored, but withoutglass—just to frame her eyes; and a red-haired girl with almost invisible paleeyebrows ordered a pair of glasses withbecoming brown eyebrows painted onthe frames. On the counter, Mrs. B. no-ticed a really luscious pair of frames withbanana bows. Turns out they were forCarmen Miranda. Never underestimate the power of a woman—even when itspachyderms on parade; in Ringlings circus, theyre all females. Ann Hatehelder has been telling usabout a place across town called theHouse of Blanche, which specializes inwedding cakes—from $20 up to $,
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