RUSSIA: Moscow's Thrill

An inexperienced Manhattan news photographer boarded the Berengaria at Quarantine last week and trotted about the boat deck looking for members of the D'Oyly Carte operatic stock company, making their first visit to the U. S. in many a year. He found a spectacular looking lady, now blonde, clutching a small Belgian griffon and practically studded with sparkling stones.

"Excuse me, lady," said the cameraman, "are you from the Gilbert and Sullivan operas?"

It was Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean, the same Mrs. McLean who has supplied nearly...

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