The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1941-01-03
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

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NEW YORK. - Simultaneously.
~ Chancellor Hitler and Nine.
Elsa Schiapareln renounce gold and
extol the fruits Of the spirit. Prepar-
Schiaparelli Says ing 70 return II .
Cost Fetters Our soon. the ia
Art of Creation NOUS us, dress sna.
hat Americans are too much given
to money-grubbing to appreciate the
beautiful art of couture. 1.-THE Paris
designer is free" she says, but here
tn America Tin creating a costume
you must think about cost" So she's
gong back to Paris where art is
mfettered and nobody worries about
money.
Molyneux fed. to make gowns in
London, but Lucien Lelong, the new
Judge Lands of the French fash
ION industry, remains in the service
OF art-not money Of course. The
latter implication might suggest
that Paris as a continuing world
style center is somehow geared into
Chancellor ,Hitler's jug handled
economy, and that, Of course is q
rather gauche idea. In Herr Hitler's
new order, it's art for arts sake.
Soon after the occupation Of
Paris, Nine. Schiaparelli ar
rived here to begin q national
lecture tour. We seemed to be
suffering from much misappre-
hension about France. II was
business as usual In Paris, and
anyone who fancied that New
York might become the world
style center had another thought
coming. However, she reserved
her apostrophe of art against
money for the last.
Addressing the Junior League of
Los Angeles recently, she said:
"An of us In Paris are impressed
by the generosity Of American men
regarding their women. American
men have worldwide reputation
for the money they spend on women.
Il say bravo to you! Go right
ahead"
I had an idea that the French felt
that way a few years ago when I
was privileged to see some Of the
inner workings Of Lanvin's estab-
hshment In Paris, to talk to the
vendeuses and witness the defer
ence to Texas oil magnate, when
he came in to help his wife choose
. gown.
Nine. Schiaparelli lived five years
In New York. Her daughter, Ma
risa, was born in her Ninth street
house in Greenwich Village. That
was before the days of her fame
and opulence, and she thought about
money great deal in those days.
Taking an unheated fiat In
Patchin place, dingy little nub-
bin OF street OF Jefferson Mar
ket court, she found q $50 bill
ON the floor. 1t was q good
omen. Other money came and
she returned to garnet in Par
Is, to write poetry. A sweater
design brought her into her Ca
reer. For one who scOrns mon
ey she Is q masterful and dill
gent business woman, her huge
establishment turning out around
10000 garments year at prices
up to $1,000. OF a distinguished
Italian family of astronomers
and scholars, she has been de-
scribed by Edna lie Fevre as
ga woman nobody can know, alb
.sOrbed with books on metaphys-
les, aesthetics and philosophy"
ELMAN B. MYERS, inventor of
- the new "jet expulsion" motor
which Is expected vastly to increase
the range, speed and fighting eff
Genius at Need fectiveness Of
IL a Self-Starter was a New.
And Fi"i'her. Too boT %b ~ ,, Y;
happened to be a self-starter and
finisher. Without benefit of any &C.
ademic seminars, he became a hay
loft radio inventor. This, incidental
", was In the Bronx where there
weren't any haylofts; but make it
q cellar and the result Is the same.
After 30 years he appears with
his critically important inven-
ton. He got q Job with a wire
less station In Sacramento, and
was soon throwing his voice far
Their than anybody else in those
parts. He later worked with Lee
De Forrest and by 1892 had
brought through q "cOId light
radio tube. He started work on
his Jet expulsion or rocket
motor four years ago. Engi-
neers say II may increase the
speed Of fighting planes by 200
miles an hour.