The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 385

was no siren song sweeter than the It was Some Party. proseofi prose of the Cunard brochure with its breathless promises of "a week of life as it should be The 1920's. The Transatlantic Week. The Cunard liners. Eastbound across the Atlantic.

New York to Southhampton. 5 days. Bon Voyage baskets, streamers, the sound of the dressing gong, the stewards' starched jackets, and everywhere the scent of gardenias and oranges and the sea. It was a time when one never knew who would be on board. When everyone was a celebrity, even the dogs.

A dinner jacket was the most important piece of clothing in a gentleman's wardrobe. And every sweet young thing stocked in a supply of floaty dresses. Midnight on the Mauretania 3 days out. The lilt of the "Dardenella" easing up from the lounge. People slouched in deck chairs hating to say goodnight.

Ballantine's was there. Like the voyage, a scotch to be savoured. A scotch the color of old money. Then and now, when the world goes all out, Ballantine's is there. was "21" OcttlLicMlllLMllK; I Taste the scotch that was there "51n 'J VJCKftfo I.

Brtx S3. -SSuv Blended Scotch Whisky bottled in Scotland. 86 proof. Imported by "21" Brands. Y.C.

Lot Angeles Times Home Magazine, October 21, 1973 17.