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Merle and Shirley Harris
Children and
Family Division
111: y intention is not to make
anyone feel guilty, but I
refuse to suffer alone.
I have been cautioned
by my cardiologist to be more aware of
my cholesterol levels. Told him I was
aware and went on the sea food diet: If I
see food I eat it! That was not what he had
in mind. As a result, I find myself becom-
ing more aware of what we mortals do in
the name of dieting when we eat out.
Sharing a meal with someone else is a
good way to cut down on the amounts
consumed when dining out. That, how-
ever, does not mean to eat all of yours
and some of hers, too. Nor does it mean
that you should sample from all of the
friends you are dining with.
Yes, ordering a few side dishes to
make up your meal might be good. It
does not work, though, if you order as if
you were at one of those resorts where
all the meals are pre-paid and you are
going to taste your way through every
menu.
Have you ever set aside food for
"later?" Well, if you set enough aside,
you could end up eating a meal for four;
and that is not the point.
Exercises in futility: leaving off the
whipped cream from a banana split,
using only half of the serving of
whipped butter and sour cream on a
baked potato, removing the bottom
layer of crust from a slice of chocolate
cream pie.
I know it's hard to deal fairly with
such a weighty subject, but dieting is
always food for thought.
Now excuse me while I pull up a
chair to that buffet table. I. I
GRAPEJEWZ
S I 61 PLy A MATTER OF MASTERING
Services for children with special
needs and their families.
— Martha Jo Fleischmann
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Who was Josephine Esther Mentzer?
A
Queens, N.Y., native born to immigrants, Josephine
Esther Mentzer is known to the world as Estee Lauder. Her knack for
merchandising and her business savvy helped her build up the beauty-
products empire bearing her name that made her a billionaire.
As a child, she watched fascinated as her chemist uncle whipped up facial
creams. Then in her 20s, she worked in a Manhattan beauty salon refining
her facial products.
Lauder eventually began providing personalized skin care in customers'
homes and at hotels. She and her husband, Joseph Lauder, opened a small
shop, where they mixed their own cosmetics and then delivered them.
Lauder developed the marketing technique of distributing free samples.
Soon, Estee Lauder products were a staple at exclusive New York department
stores including Saks Fifth Avenue. Lauder's concept of a "gift with purchase"
has become an industry standard, and her trademark "Lauder blue" packaging
is recognized around the world.
The Lauder sons, Ronald and Leonard, continue to run the family business,
whose brands include Clinique, Aramis and Prescriptives. Communally, Ronald
Lauder also chairs the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organizations and is president of the Jewish National Fund.
—June D. Bell
Sources: Blessed is the Daughter, edited by Carolyn Starman Hesel; Great Jewish Women,
by Elinor Slater and Robert Slater.
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