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Sharp-eyed Mme. Grueber spots the phoneys
Henri Thread, and it is dedicated to is one of the leaders, which
her one-year-old daughter.
Paris. playwright, the Jato is now 10 years since Bernstein.
Sho
bears
the curlous christian name of George as testimony to her inther's dis- appointment at getting 0 daughter instead of a son.
Ipainter Francis Grueber died at the age of 36 and at the peak of his reputation, In the intervening years, diligent copy ista have sought to multiply his out- put at least five-fold.
Tracing these fake Grue
purt- bers has become the time voluntary occupation of his widow.
Mme Grueber attributes her strong sense of purpose, which she shows in many fields, to
psychological The
elect DZ bearing a male christian name. Grueber had been painting for several years before she married him, and the Anancial value of his work rocketed Recently she returned like that of so mDN13" other from a Sothoby sale in painters during the war
when paintings London at which a Grue- Occupation, ber
was put up for sale, seemed the best investment in
an iosecure world, only to be withdrawn at the
Inst moment when Mme. Instructive
Grueber denounced it as a fake.
MITIC. Grueber derives n pleasure from this melancholy takes her to urt tuak, which sales all over the world.
She attends the sales solely
hope of acquiring gemuno Grueber to add to her own superb collection.
in the
and
"No." Is it autobiographical? she told me. “But it will mention some ot the striking
events which have marited my life in the past two years,"
"Such as?" I asked. pf course, my becoming mother," she replied.
Golden Boy
secured his election.
Choban-Deimos is the alter of French politics whose Boy amazing good looks almost give him the status of a fim star among women voters,
"Well,
I
Ile is, apart seɑm that, a mán with a remarkable scholästig re- cord and a Resistance record which made him a brigadier-
Reneral at 23.
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of
E Man of the Week is 42- year-old Jacques Chaban- Deimos, who has capped the Bordeaux at
An MP at 31, Mayor
32, and Cabinet most brillant career in post- Minister at 35, he seems to be war French politics by becoming successful in everything he Parliament.
QUOTES
Actor Robert Lamoureux: "Love? It's the effort.
one man makes to live with one woman."
A parliamentary commentator: "You can tell the now MPs in the House by the fact that they apoldy
the Speaker of the French touches. He is also a first-rate gise when they brush against an ulier,"
tennis and rugby player.
vain. ambitious,
but
He defeated France's WHT" time Premier, Paul Reynard, for He is the post, and thereby frustrated likeable. de Gaulie's wish to reword the
He was Minister of Defence han who launched him on his With his stark, sad nudes, political career.
at the time of the May 13 revolt Gnieber WDE the direct Of
the delicate past at the time. But. precursor of Bernard Buffet triumphant rew de Gaullist he walked the tightrope with Ind 110 doubt a similar party, of which Chaban-Delmas superb aplomb. popularily among copyists await Buffet after his death.
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Mme. Grueber, a woman of considerable wealth,
daughter of a famous
Mme. Grucher's expericnices
Grunbers imeing fake
instructive one.
is,
The artist's painting life the covered only 18 years and she has recorded an estimated 200 of his canvases, He never kept a record of his work.
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On one occasion he tore up a prize-winning painting just before it was to be collected for exhibition as the winner of the 1047 French Notional Art Prize.
Fake Gruebera vary from direct copies to vulgarisations of his subjects to make them more salcabie.
Thus u lanmous oude of his, watch became known as
"The Venus of Buchenwald," was in one instance transformed into a fully-clothed woman enjoying a game of patience,
The first time Mme. Grueber found
Grueber Take was five years ago during a visit to New York
New Venture
the
A friend invlled her to see his collection of her husband's work and
seven among
guine Gruebers she saw one recognised as fake, an opinion which was later condamned br the lact that the dale on it coincided with
i period when Grueber was too ill to paint
Later a Paris
gallery un- wittingly achieved the distinc- Grueber Son of putting on show which cluded 17 fakes.
Mme. Grueber belleves that the Industry in Lake Gruchers la stimulated by a Paris art dealer who handles many of the falves. Eva Bartok, Aiming in the South
taken of France, hay time off to start writing a novel.
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course, it was
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trance and eventually produced the king. I ruffed in dummy; discarded my losing spade on the second high club; came back
He said, "I know I bid too much, but look at the defence
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(Morning paper.) "Smalt prophets and quick returns," as the whale said on getting rid of Jonah. Disappointment for
THERE
millions are despondent faces this morning. It has been
that the armounced
B
with the ace, of to my hand spades; led the jack of diamonds ard discorded from dummy. Hij sa
"East won with the queen and led a club. I ruffed, but West was also out of clubs and over- ruffed with the ten to set me,” short-
As usual, the unlucky expert scientist's had been the victim of inspired of eggs, he had acte instine- playing record of a
the "hella" to
moon, and the play. tively and without forethought.
Without a trump opening Admiral Sir
Tealtic bouncing back of the word he would have been able to ruff Horace sald: "I suppose you realise that "hello" was only an echo. It was out all his three losing diamonds ndt someone in the moon reply- and wind up losing three trump by choosing the front row you completely blocked three eggs
ing to the greeting. "Call this tricks only. Without the king the space age!" whined a dis- of diamonds play on the second second row, which are
diamond lead he could have let missing from the photographic gruntled youth. record." Miss
East take his queen before he Froppstead, re- presenting the Graders' Union,
would have a chance to give his asked. "Where on earth was Mr
partner the club overruff.
in the
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of conveyor-belt motorways with a long line of traffic, one car behind on- other, as in the bumping-races
Nevertheless, the unlucky ex-" pert had bid too much and really on the Isis, why not have very, wae lucky to find a dummy that
very
wide motorways, with the would give him any sort of play cars in line abreast, advancing for his contract.
with all the discipline and pre-
cision of a 100-mile-on-hour÷CARD Sensek♦
ballet, and sweeping all before
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Dently he took Вет face between his hate.
From a serial. Wensleydale con-
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Q--The bidding has been: East Soulti West
14 Double 2
Pass
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North
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SKJÓT VA QBE OK 195 % 40
What do you do?
A--Bid three diamonds, Ton only have 13 high card points, hat your distribution is excellent and your high cards should be. well placed. Also, your partner does not havo to bli again,
TODAY'S QUESTION Your partner docs bid agairi
do you do now?
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as the lining scratched her car.........."Mavisi” la sobbed..
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