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Show 202 our MADELYN CANNON STEWART SILVER English and American confection nor drink has that delica cy, that urgency of flavor.'?' Harold liked European businessmen. "Harold had a thrilling Harold's ideal of a man: meeting with a Dutch sugar official an accomplished linguist, completely in command of his busi ness and his contacts, 'who is all business, no entertainment nonsense."'Fortunately, for me [Madelyn adds], Harold's con tacts are not all that way.:" Apparently, Madelyn appreciated Harold's associates who arranged some entertainment or cul tured experience for her or for the two of them. In Amsterdam, "a beautiful old town, the canals built in horseshoe form with intercrossing or joining canals," they vis ... ited the diamond works and the National Gallery. She admired the works of Rembrandt ("the hero of Amsterdam"), Vermeer, Frans Hals, and other artists. She also was impressed with the predominance of bicycles crowding the streets. In Delft they vis ited pottery factories, the Princenhof, and went to the universi ty, where Harold consulted with chemists about beet sugar. Back in Tirlemont, near Brussels, Belgium, they were invited to a formal reception and dinner at the Delacroix, principle owners of the sugar works of Tirlemont. She went for a sham poo, wave, and manicure, and wore a new taffeta dress and jacket, and a new lace veil embroidered with rhinestones. Harold wore a black suit and conservative tie. The "palace" had a gorgeous drawing room, magnificent paintings (no doubt by Eugene Delacroix). They ate in a long hall, paved in squares of black and white marble. Her long description of the meal suggests Madelyn's interest in entertaining: Our host came, kissed his mother on the forehead and said, "Mother, the man has announced that dinner is served." The long hall we traversed was paved in squares of black and white marble. The tall, regular windows were banked with window boxes of green with blossoming yellow porn-porn chrysanthemums. The dining room was somewhat long and narrow, in a light green color, with at one end a large win dow with light green drapes drawn beneath a tailored green valence. The long table was spread with damask linen a very |
