Article published multiple times between 1909 and 1910 Lawrence Daily Journal, March 18, 1909 PRINCESS TO PAINT TAFT Vilma Parlaghy Has Arrived in New York in State. New York, March 18. – Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy, better known in the world of art as Vilma Parlaghy, minus her menagerie, but with all…
Princess Who Paints Portraits of Royalty
“How did it happen that Andrew Carnegie, who could never be induced to sit for any artist, was eager to have his portrait painted by the Princess?” – Rebecca Hooper Eastman in Vogue Magazine The Knoxville Sentinel PRINCESS LWOFF-PARLAGHY At the mere mention of the name, Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy, curiosity is…
Esquire’s Profile of Nikola Tesla: Ahead of His Time
by Dick Holdsworth in Esquire, October, 1947 Recounting the career of Nikola Tesla, whose eccentric traits were outweighed by his generosity and inventive genius Sketch of an older Nikola Tesla The place was New York’s Mulberry Street section, “Little Italy”; the time, shortly before seven o’clock in the evening of…
From the desk of Her Serene Highness, The Princess Vilma
July 17
188th day of the year. There were then 177 days left, during no bissextile years 17th day of Summer. There are 77 days left till Fall.
She Spent only a Little: $250,000 got rid of, in America
“The Jewels that sparkled at her throat, on her hands and in the folds of her bodice were not worth ore than $96,000, according to her highness’ chamberlain. In fact, said the chamberlain, her higness never wears more than $100,000 worth of gems before lunch.”