meals sure to please You-Know-
Who.
Katherine Graham, how-
ever, was running her own mag-
azine and newspaper — and
they had nothing to do with
fashion or food.
Graham, the daughter of fi-
nancier Eugene Meyer, was for
many years publisher of
Newsweek, The Washington Post
and head of several TV stations.
Under Graham's leadership, two
Post reporters named Carl Bern-
stein and Bob Woodward began
investigating rumors of a break-
in at Democratic National Head-
quarters.
Graham retired in 1979.

ART

How many men could actually
make a name for themselves by
creating paintings of nothing but
black? Marcus Rothkovich, aka
Mark Rothko did. Born in Rus-
sia, this 20th-century artist was
a leader in abstract expression-
ism and surrealism. His famed
"Rothko Chapel" invited guests
to sit in a room filled with noth-
ing but dark paintings.

mist activist, she continues to write and
lecture.

Her maiden name, Josephine Mar-
cus, might not sound familiar. But no
> doubt you'll recall her husband: Wyatt
Earp.
Josephine was a dance-hall girl in the
old West. She was born in California, but
ran off with a bunch of dancers on their
way to Arizona. It was here she met and
later married the famous sheriff, with
whom she settled in San Francisco. To-
day, the two lie side-by-side in the Hills of
Eternity Jewish Cemetery in Colma, Calif.,
\ which is owned by Congregation Sherith
/9 Israel.

It's better not to even imagine what
things might have looked like without her
contribution to the world. Helena Ru-
binstein, born in 1871 in Poland, began
her career by marketing a face cream, the
recipe for which had been in the family for
years. After creating a successful business
in the country of her birth, she opened
shops in London, Paris and in New York.
/-) Today, Helena Rubinstein cosmetics sell
everything from astringent to lip liner,
most of which was designed by the com-
pany's founder.

Sylvia Porter was a woman of dollars

and sense. Until her recent death, she
wrote a thrice-weekly financial column
read by some 25 million Americans — not
to mention her fans abroad. In addition to
appearing in newspapers in the United
States, the Porter column ran in newspa-
pers throughout the world. Porter also
wrote several books, including Sylvia
Porter's Money Book, which sold more than
3 million copies.
Born in New York, Porter became in-
terested in economics after her mother lost
a fortune, $30,000, in the stock market
crash of 1929. After college, she went to
work writing for The American Banker,
then moved to The New York Post. Until
1942, when she began using her first
name, she wrote under the byline S.F.
Porter. It caused quite a stir when read-
ers learned S.F. was a woman.
In addition to being a skilled economist,
Porter was a woman with a sense of hu-
mor. She was determined to make eco-
nomics understandable and interesting
to everyone. That she was successful is
evinced in the fact that she once received
a remarkable 150,000 letters in response
to a single column.

In the mid-60s, most women's maga-
zines were running articles about "How to
Catch Your Man," best make-up tips for
attracting that special guy, and recipes for

photos of men, women and children dy-
ing.
(Her brother is Pulitzer Prize-winning
poet Howard Nemerov.)

MUSIC

The unusual work of Phillip Glass may
not be for everyone, but minimalists love
his music. Born in 1937 in Baltimore, he
also has composed a number of interest-
ingly titled operas, such as his 1976 "Ein-
stein on the Beach" and his 1990
"Hydrogen Jukebox."

Man, oh Mann. Jazz great Herbie
Mann is probably the best jazz flutist out
there. Who would have thought he start-
ed out playing piano?
Born Herbert Solomon, he began his
musical training on the piano at 6, and
then, inspired by Benny Goodman, he
moved on to the clarinet. Next, he tried out
saxophone. It wasn't until he reached high
school that he finally picked up a flute.
After serving in the U.S. Army, Mann
went to the Manhattan School of Music.
He formed his own group, the Afro Jazz
Sextet, in the late 1950s. By 1960, he was
a leading jazz musician whose styles in-
corporated the bossa nova, classical mu-
sic, the blues, Middle Eastern melodies
and African rhythms.

He might have been an in-
spiration for "Jethro" in the fab-
ulously intellectual "The Beverly
Hillbillies." And his gal Daisy
surely was a predecessor of El-
lie Mae.
"L'il Abner" was the creation
of none other than Al Capp,
born Alfred Caplin in 1909. For
many years "L'il Abner" ran as
a comic strip. But Abner, it
seems, like so many models and soap-
opera stars, had higher aspirations. The
cartoon guy was turned into a Broadway
play, TV specials and even a movie.

Roman Vishniac was an unusual pho-
tographer for many reasons. Before corn-
ing to the United States, he wandered
throughout eastern Europe, taking pho-
tos of Jews before and, on occasion, dur-
ing World War II. Often, he turned his
camera to the youngest Jews, and his qui-
et, painful pictures are all that remain of
some of the 1 million children murdered
by the Nazis.
Vishniac loved to experiment with dif-
ferent photo techniques, and expanded his
skills to work as a scientific cinematogra-
pher, where he often took pictures through
a microscope.

Perhaps one of the most remarkable,
and controversial figures in contemporary
was Diane Arbus.
Born in New York City, she began her
career as a fashion photographer. But
that didn't last long. Instead, Ms. Arbus
began to focus on the most bizarre,
most tragic faces she could find. She
wandered dark streets, looking for pros-
titutes and drug addicts. She lingered at
circuses, taking pictures of the poor souls
in the "freak shows." She also took many

Mann himself has described his music
as "Afro-Yiddish," and his many musical
tours have included both Africa and Israel.
In 1973, when he celebrated 13 years with
Atlantic Records, he referred to the event
as "my bar mitzvah."

Probably the best-known American
composer ever, Aaron Copland was born
in Brooklyn, the youngest of 5 children.
He attended his first concert, featuring
the skills of Ignace Jan Paderewski, when
he was 13. Mesmerized, young Aaron be-
gan the study of music himself.
After high school, Copland moved to
Paris where he met composers Igor
Stravinsky and Sergei Prokofiev, both of
whom would have a profound influence on
his work. When he returned in 1924 to the
United States, his first compositions for
piano, "Cat. and Mouse" and "Passacaglia,"
were performed in concert for the League
of Composers. Weeks later, his Sympho-
ny for Organ and Orchestra had its pre-
miere in New York City.
The first composer to be awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship, Copland received
the Pulitzer Prize in 1945 for his most pop-