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The University of Southern California's Jewel Gala II honoring George C. Page on Friday at the Beverly Hilton was one of those occasions best described as lavish.
Lavish: From the moment guests walked from the lobby into the Robb Friedline-transformed ballroom with its dramatic gold arches, large bouquets of white flowers everywhere and flower-adorned bird cages, each holding a pair of live love birds.
Lavish: That hors d'oeuvres table with its huge ice sculptures of the USC logo and bottles of champagne nestled at the bottom. There were the usual cheeses and vegetables, fresh oysters and shrimps, but at other tables there were also waiters cooking Chinese and Japanese goodies on the spot, and slicing carpaccio. (One white-gloved waiter apparently was assigned just to demonstrate-very graciously-how to eat this Italian beef.)
Lavish: Diamonds, rubies, emeralds larger than a man's thumbnail adorning necks, ears and wrists of this tastefully moneyed crowd of 500; such classically chic designers as Jacqueline DeRibes, Galanos, Jean-Louis, Yves Saint Laurent adorning their backs.
Guest of Honor
Into all this walked the guest of honor, George C. Page, a slight man giving the appearance of both...