Bertina Foltz

Bertina Louise Foltz Smith (September 30, 1897 – October 6, 1940) was an American writer. She was an associate editor at Vogue magazine, where she wrote about beauty, food and entertaining.

Early life and education Foltz was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the daughter of Herbert W. Foltz and Clara Bowen Foltz. Her father and her brother Howard were architects; her mother directed amateur theatricals. She graduated from Tudor Hall School for Girls in 1915, and from Vassar College in 1919.

Career Foltz was on the editorial staff of Vogue magazine, covering beauty and entertaining, under editor Edna Woolman Chase. She wrote a cookbook with Marjorie Hillis, Corned Beef and Caviar (for the Live-Aloner) (1937). "It replaces motherly advice with humor and dull recipes with concoctions of the modern order," noted one reviewer.

Publications For the Hostess (1929) "The Gospels of Beauty" (Vogue, 1932) "On Her Dressing-Table", "Majoring in Beauty", and "Christmas Carol for the Hostess" (Vogue, 1933) "A Contest and a Christening" (Vogue, 1934, with Tina Bailie) "In the Good Old Summer-Time" (Vogue, 1935) "Discoveries in Beauty" (Vogue, 1937) Corned Beef and Caviar (for the Live-Aloner) (1937, with Marjorie Hillis, illustrated by Cipe Pineles)

Personal life Folz married lawyer Elliott W. Smith in 1927. She died in 1940, at the age of 43, at a hospital in New York City.