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How far should a makeup expert go in pleasing his clients? Only as far as a reporter's pencil, if the latest utterances of famed Beautifier George Masters count as proof. Interviewed by the Washington Post, Masters called Actress Liza Minnelli "a disaster — too bad because she's nice, but ugly." Jacqueline Kennedy "has eyes so far apart that one of them is on the other side of the room." Lee Radziwill "is a nice lady but she listens to Truman Capote and she has spots all over her face." As for Lynda Bird Johnson: "She killed me when she walked in and asked if she needed makeup. I said, 'Are you kidding—with that face?' " Marilyn Monroe "had mannish tendencies." Nancy Reagan is "the worst con woman I know," while Joanne Woodward "has a flat nose, and Raquel Welch is silicone from the knees up." Concluded Masters: "I transform a pig into a raving beauty every day."
A group of 22 Americans from the Midwest climbed aboard the ship Pocahontas and headed for Palestine. On the way, there was a mutiny on board, an engineer committed suicide and the passengers arrived in Tel Aviv on the heels of an Arab riot. That was 50 years ago. By now the tribulations have taken on a nostalgic aura for Israel's Premier Soldo Meir and the seven other former passengers who sat down with her to reminisce about old times. Recalled the 73-year-old stateswoman: "Someone said as soon as we got off the boat that now the Americans had arrived, things would get better. Little did they know we didn't even have enough money to rent apartments."
There was a newspaper strike on, and the only printed opening-night review was terrible, said veteran Broadway Producer Harold Prince, "but I had never been more certain of the show's ultimate success." Now Fiddler on the Roof has proved Prince correct by racking up more than 2,845 performances to pass the mark set by Hello, Dolly! and become the longest-running musical in Broadway history. After the record-setting performance, balloons were dropped on the audience, New York's Mayor Lindsay kissed the original Fiddler, Zero Mostel, a birthday cake (artificial) was cut and a party held at the theater. Said the jubilant Prince: "I think we can run another year."