The Palm Beach Post SECTION MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1986 Accent 1 Ethical questions arise with latest board game craze There's a new marriage-wrecking, friendship-destroying game out called Scruples. You sit in a circle and on demand explain how you would deal with an ethical dilemma. Example: You're married. An old flame who likes to keep in touch, nothing more, asks you to meet him or her for a quiet, private talk. Do you do it without telling your spouse? Yes, no, or maybe? Try this out on your social conscience.
i 4 3 I 1 I I Word is out on your street that the big house next door will be used as a home for seven retarded adults. When the petition against your new neighbors moving in comes fix Ron Wiggins ALLEN EYESTONEStaff Photographer At left, fashionable Ferragamo family members stand in front of their store on Worth Avenue; they are, left to right, Leonardo, Fiamma Ferragamo di San Giuliano, Wanda, Massimo, Fulvia and Ferruccio. Wanda Ferragamo, above, discusses her introduction to the business aspects of the fashion industry upon her husband Salvatore's death in 1960. 1 1 eeeioff it all. in the family erly," Fiamma Ferragamo di San Giuliano said.
"I'm glad that what we really did was continue his principles." All six children are involved in the business, and five of them made it to the opening Dec. 5. Giovanna, who designs the women's clothing, couldn't attend because production problems delayed her in Tokyo. Of the other children, Ferruccio is general manager of the company, Fulvia oversees the design of scarves, ties, jewelry and accessories and Leonardo is in charge of the men's shoes and clothing. Wanda Ferragamo took over the company when her husband died, even though she had no business training.
"I was not prepared and not trained for business," she said. The chief of administration taught her how to read a financial statement. "It was the same upside down to me," Wanda Ferragamo admitted. Business instincts But Wanda Ferragamo believed that instinct would outweigh financial savvy. "The basic concept counts very much, and it's something that you have in yourself or you don't," she said.
From the beginning, her goal was to continue her husband's plans for the company. "He left us many of his desires Please see FERRAGAMO6E share the rest of the property. The investment has the potential to reap sizable dividends, considering the United States accounted for $60 million of the company's $100 million in sales last year. More stores in store Massimo Ferragamo, president of Sal-vatore Ferragamo America, said they plan to open six or seven more stores in major U.S. cities.
Salvatore Ferragamo founded the business in 1926, and built his reputation on custom-made shoes for Hollywood movie stars. One of his most influential creations was the wedge shoe. Although he first designed wedges in the 1930s, he made them famous during World War II when he couldn't get the steel needed for the support of his heeled shoes and extended the heel through the arch. He also created the invisible shoe, a cut-out wedge with clear nylon threads across the toes. When he won his Nei-man-Marcus award in 1947, the invisible shoe was chosen to represent his work.
His daughter, Fiamma, started working with him when she was 16 and continued designing women's shoes after his death in 1960. A fitting philosophy "He always used to say that a shoe cannot be beautiful if it doesn't fit prop- Opening a store on Worth Avenue, the second in the United States for the Ferragamo clan, is a family fashion affair. Once known chiefly for designer footwear, Ferragamo now dresses men and women from tip to toe. "Ah, how beautiful! she exclaimed in Italian, throwing up her hands. Wanda Ferragamo is every inch the proud mama, and the Florence, Italy-based shoe and clothing empire is very much a family business.
The Ferragamo boutique, at the corner of Worth Avenue and South County 'Road, is the first free-standing store in the United States outside of the men's and women's boutiques on Fifth Avenue in New York. The Ferragamos spent 7.5 million for the property and building, and an additional $1.5 million to convert it into an airy marble and crystal boutique with separate entrances for the men's and women's areas. The Ferragamos occupy 7,000 square feet and five other tenants By LISBETH LEVINE Palm Beach Post Fashion Editor As soon as members of the Ferragamo family were assembled for a photo outside of their new store on Worth Avenue, Wanda Ferragamo broke away to fondly gaze at five of her six children. around, do you do the noble thing and refuse to sign it? Your new stereo speaker doesn't work. This may have something to do with the fact that you dropped it.
When you take it back to the retailer for repair, do you mention that you dropped it and risk invalidating the warranty? Well, it's not difficult to guess how Mother Theresa would answer these questions, so you put on your best Sunday school face and lie your way to sainthood. Not so fast, black tongue. Part of the game requires that the people in the circle who know you guess what your response will be in a given situation. Just when you thought visiting was safe Folks who own this game should be required to play shark music so you'll know it's not safe to come into their living rooms. My guess is that shoals of doctoral theses and no less than five columns by Ellen Goodman will be written on this unnerving little expedition through our souls, so I'll limit my remarks this time around to the inventive aspect of the game.
Some of the cards require you to dream up a touchy question and put it to one of your opponents. I've been good at that for years. Here are some of my posers: Because you are a good person who delights in sharing, you are on your way from the kitchen with the last two Oreos to share with a loved one when one tumbles to the floor. Because your reflexes are good, you beat the dog to it. You wipe off the grit and it's good as new.
Who gets the dropped cookie? The loved one, who will never know the difference, or you, who will imagine grit and dirt and germs that probably aren't even there? While you're pondering, a voice from the living room says: "I thought you were bringing me an Oreo." That you are, all right. The question is which Oreo? You are playing Monopoly and mortgaged yourself to the hilt to get hotels on Boardwalk and Park Place. Your brother, the lucky duck, has passed Go three times without having to pay you a sou in rent. You, on the other hand have landed on Pennsylvania Avenue enough times to put hotels on all his vast holdings. Here's the situation.
Your brother rolled a nine, putting him once again on Go. Happily for you, he's as dumb as he is lucky because while he counted nine places, he only moved eight, putting him smack dab on Boardwalk and your fortune is assured. But you being an extremely moral and honest person, say, "Oh, you're not on Boardwalk. You made it to Go and don't forget to collect $200." Or do you? You arrive stag at a party just as a person you've secretly loved for months arrives. You note with perfectly concealed horror that your object of adoration has eaten at least one leafy green vegetable that day because it is flapping from a front tooth.
Now, do you do the humane thing and tell her to remove it before you go into the party, knowing that you have upped the awkwardness quotient between you 500 percent, or do you say nothing and let somebody else do it later in the evening? I know some of you will be playing Scruples over the holidays. I entreat the survivors to send me the best questions they invent. Home remedies are no sure cure for common hangover Personally I don't believe it." Carter says By RICK ACKERMANN Feeling better the morning after is never easy director of the Palm Beach County Health Department. "For headaches and joint aches take aspirin or acetaminophen. If it's your stomach, try some of the over-the-counter antacid, such as Maalox or My-lantin.
If it's both, avoid aspirin because it irritates the stomach. And drink plenty of fluids," says Wiewora. Orange juice, Virgin Marys or any other tomato juice concoctions help Please see AFTER6E Nothing cures a hangover, say local medical authorities. Headaches and feelings of nausea, flushness, dizziness are to be expected. They are part of drinking to excess.
"There is no magic pill," says Dr. Joan Barice, a member of the Florida Medical Association's committee on substance abuse and Florida chairman of the American Medical Society of alcohol abuse. All you can hope for is symptomatic relief, says Dr. Ron Wiewora, medical she rarely drinks but she would recommend a good dinner and a glass of milk before imbibing, and three Tylenol before bed. Janie Sanders, office manager of the Palm Beach County Humane Society.
"Last New Year's Day I tried it and it really works: Tomato juice with a raw egg in it with lemon squeezed on top. It works as soon as you get through drinking it. It's almost immediate. You take the egg and you beat it up, and you stir it up and squeeze in the lemon. It's true." Marian Murphy, bartender at Tequila Willies' in West Palm Beach.
"Gatorade and an aspirin. A lot of fluids. Take everything you can and get some sleep." Anonymous II "An Entenmann's coffee cake and a gallon of Tropicana orange juice. It has to be Tropicana." Julie Becker, bartender at Chug A Lug Pub in Lake Worth. "Start drinking again.
After the first beer you're all better." A number of medical supply companies dismissed the idea of renting a tank of oxygen to be inhaled as a hangover cure, since a person can't get oxygen without a prescription from a doctor. Anonymous III "Pack your head in ice." Palm Beach Post Staff Writer This is the time of year many people turn to drink in the belief it will boost their spirits holiday or otherwise. Doctors say there are no cures for the hangovers which usually follow, and little can be done to relieve the symptoms. So, the following home remedy hangover cures are to be taken with a grain of salt and chased with a lot of hope. Not all these people believe in their cures, by the way.
Not all these people drink. Many of the ones who don't and some of the ones who do, believe strongly in preventive medicine. Alice Mehrer, bartender at the Plush Pony in Tequesta. "A good Bloody Mary. I think it works, because you got the vodka in there and the tomato juice which is an acid to take away the hangover.
Everybody is going to tell you the same thing." Thomas Davis, associate at the McCarthy Dog And Cat Hospital in West Palm Beach. "You're talking about for people? I don't drink, but I hear friends say tomato juice, a raw egg, and Tabasco sauce. I think the theory is it makes you throw up and then you'll feel better." Davis also says he's heard of people having another drink the next morning sometimes called having a hair of the dog (that bit you), an idiom which, to his knowledge, does not offend any of his patients. Simma Sulzer, customer at Nu Horizons by Mary Rose, a nail and skin care salon in Lake Worth. "Swallow a raw egg but I don't pay much attention, because I don't drink.
I remember that from when I was a kid at the movies. I think it's disgusting." Jerry Hanscll, owner of the Chatter Box Bar in West Palm Beach. "To avoid a hangover, stay drunk." Mike Callahan, bartender at the Thirsty Camel Tavern in Lake Worth. "Have another beer or a Bloody Shane tomato juice, salt, pepper, a little Tabasco sauce. No alcohol." Anonymous I "Two Yoo Hoo sodas and a quart of apple juice." Howard Heath, owner of Heath Company of West Palm Beach, specializing in fine shades and unique lamps.
"Buy a new lamp shade for your lamp and wear the old one." Gloria McManus, morning cleaning lady at Heartbreaker Cafe A Go-Go in West Palm Beach. "Vitamin complex." Deb Carter, bartender at Mr. Sister's in Lake Worth. "Hair of the dog is what they tell me the same thing you had the night before. Game show hostess makes Vanna seem like a rookie got so many letters of concern from viewers that they had no qualms about giving her replacement the boot when Hallstrom later asked to return.
Co-worker Diane Parkinson has been with the show for 12 years and Pennington, now in her 15th season, is by far the elder stateswoman of 77ie Price Is Right, if not all TV game shows. As if in acknowledgment of this fact, the producers of The Price Is Right seem to go out of their way to include Pennington, Parkinson and Hallstrom in the little skits and one-act plays used to showcase the prizes.giving each of them an opportunity to showcase their acting talents, as vell. FLASH: Vanna White is not the only game show hostess on television. I know this probably comes as a shock to the editors of all the supermarket tabloids that have helped make the Wheel of Fortune's letter-turner a household name, but her three-year stint on that show makes her a virtual TV game show rookie compared to people like Janice Pennington of The Price Is Right. Fact is, all three of the women who help Bob Barker give away the goodies on The Price Is Right have far more years on the job than Vanna, and, in their own way, each has amassed her own following.
When nine-year veteran Holly It "Willi I IH I J7 i. -li, -ir nin-iii 1 "We've all grown together over the years," Pennington said. "We know each other's personalities and senses of humor so well that it's genuinely fun to go to work with them each week." Where this camaraderie is most evident to the viewer is during the ad-libs. "There are always going to be unforeseen things that happen on-camera, so instead of trying to cover them up we've learned to play off them and get extra laughs," Pennington said. One that quickly comes to mind is the time Pennington drove onstage to show off a new car and drove it right into a wall.
The pro-ducers left every hilarious second Please see HOSTESS4 Bob Michals TELEVISION Hallstrom left briefly a few years ago to try her hand at an acting career, for example, the producers Janice Pennington, background, a veteran of 'The Price Is.
