I love what Mary Wells said about being knowledgeable about the world, to be informed, well read. Stanley Marcus used to say it was important to know what Ascot meant, the race, what it meant, if you were to sell an Ascot. He used that example and to say major in liberal arts to be educated in the true sense of the word. My boss at Warner Records was a woman of great intelligence and great compassion and she had the patience to explain WHY i was doing a project, what it meant, and later, how the information was used. it made me feel like my work was important and therefore, i worked harder. She was the first VP at Warner Bros Records, not until 1982, but never ever showed resentment or a chip on the shoulder. do the work, do more than expected and look good.

uh, Ms Smith, this is TMZ crap….beneath you. i clicked on because i thought your commentary on the post….disappointed in the desert

did you have a mentor who helped with your career?

from Liz Smith’s reply….who are Elizabeth McCall and Sloan??? some literary reference I do not get????

thank you for intelligent conversation, even if i am only a vicarious participant. i hope Hillary reads your comments. Mary Wells, always smart. And, I hope Hillary pays attention. “cockroach” of politics??? perfect discription. unfortunately.

Prostitution is not just sex for money…..at this level it always involves money lauderning ( i am paying their share of the taxes,,,,you more than, I, Ms Tomlin), drug use, and the mob. The mob is not James Gandofini and Edie Falco, but bloody thugs. This is not a victimless crime. AND, ,, pet peeve number one, Franklin Roosevelt has one affair with one woman, for a brief time, in World War I. One. 1917. He did not see her (Lucy Mercer) again until toward the very end of his life, when the congestive heart failure which killed him, had , along with the end results of polio, made him almost a complete invalid. Mercer and Roosevelt enjoyed an occasional afternoon, in the company of his daughter, Anna, and ,yes, she was with him at Warm Springs when he died. Whether there are degrees of adultry, i don’t know, but I know sleaze. Roosevelt did not participate in sleaze. It was unending pain for his wife, but it was not hookers, interns or serial sleaze.

Happy Birthday, Liz,,and many happy returns. a wise woman once used this explanation for my romatic life, ‘expanded capabilities’……’gender indifferent’, indeed

Ms. Powers accomplished what she intended…to sell more books.

Eleanor Roosevelt, Lucille Ball, Helen Keller, Clara Barton

’ last words’? the Governor was heavily medicated….