People, Jun. 18, 1951

The Beautiful People

Manhattan's furred & feathered café socialites turned out for an opening meal on the house when the Gayelord Hauser "Look Younger" Menu became a regular part of the Savoy-Plaza cuisine. Along with such unfamiliar entrées as yogurt and wild rice nut-burgers, they downed many a sample of the only cocktail recommended. "The grapefruit juice is for health," explained TV's Eloise McElhone, "and the gin is for sin." Quickly downing one himself, Dietitian Hauser strode to the microphone, proudly announced that Mrs. Betty Henderson, café society's 75-year-old flapper, had just marveled: "I...

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