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Metropolitan Diary: Pale blue chiffon

Dear Diary:

I was on the 86th Street crosstown bus going westbound late in the afternoon one day years ago. A female passenger got on at Madison Avenue.

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"May I have a transfer please?" she asked the driver. Her voice was distinctive and it projected down the aisle, causing what seemed like every head to pop up.

She was a vision of femininity in pale blue chiffon, with a large hat, a belted dress, gloves, heels and pocketbook.

As she walked down the aisle people began to clap, then to stand and cheer, until she took a seat.

It was Butterfly McQueen.

— Pat Outland

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