[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING THE LIFE OF CAROLE MANCHESTER PILLAY

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                          HON. JOHN B. LARSON

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 7, 2006

  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I wish to submit for the 
Record the following tribute that appeared in the Winsted Journal on 
October 27, 2006. Mrs. Pillay began her career in fashion at Vogue, 
later becoming fabric editor at Glamour, and fashion director at 
Seventeen and Elle. Mrs. Pillay was also the author of French Tea and 
Tea in the East. I'm honored to submit this for the Record. My heart 
goes out to her entire family.

               [From the Winsted Journal, Oct. 27, 2006]

                        Carole Manchester Pillay

       Winsted--Carole Manchester Pillay, author of two 
     distinctive books on the preparation and drinking of tea and 
     a former editor of leading women's magazines, died Oct. 21, 
     2006, in Manhattan. She lived in Manhattan and Winsted and 
     was the wife of Shunna Pillay.
       Mrs. Pillay started her fashion career with Vogue and later 
     became the fabric editor for Glamour and then fashion 
     director at Seventeen and Elle magazines. Her articles on 
     fashion, the decorative arts and tea appeared frequently in 
     national magazines.
       Her two books are ``French Tea'' (Hearst Books, 1993) and 
     ``Tea in the East'' (Hearst Books, 1996). The latter 
     publication took her on journeys throughout Asia, where she 
     met and interviewed ``staunch devotees of tea--planters, 
     pluckers, brokers, blenders, producers, promoters, and tea 
     lovers.''
       She wrote that ``there were many trying times rummaging 
     through the obscure domains of tea, but at journey's end I 
     look back on the adversities as fond adventures.'' More 
     recently, she authored the book for the forthcoming musical, 
     ``Pansy.''
       Her friends regarded her as possessing an exquisite 
     aesthetic sense, a wonderful joie de vivre, an indomitable 
     spirit and a keen commitment to social justice. In addition 
     to her husband of 33 years, Mrs. Pillay is survived by a 
     brother, Dudley Manchester of West Hartford; a sister, Ann 
     Shubert of Acton, Mass.; and several nieces and nephews. She 
     was predeceased by a sister, Lois.
       There will be a private service in late spring.

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