Word: amours
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Stad. Conductor Stad, 59, came to the U.S. in 1908, eventually founded Philadelphia's Institute of Musical Art. Some 20 years ago, it occurred to him that modern instruments like the piano and violin were not suited to the music written for harpsichord and viole d'amour during the 17th and 18th Centuries. This idea was the beginning of Ben Stad's unique Society...
...felt it. Radio dance orchestras announced as many tunes as possible by French titles (Parlez Moi d'Amour). Manhattan's Hildegarde, a songstress who worked in Paris cafes in the '303 went on plugging the sentimental melody which she had helped to make No. 1 on the Hit Parade: I'll Be Seeing You (in "all the old familiar places" of Paris, the lyrics imply). Milliner Lilli Dache (whose newest creation is a hat composed of a single pink garter) and Dressmaker Hattie Carnegie announced they would take the first possible boat to Paris...
Montparnasse's three famed cafes-the Dome, the Rotonde, the Coupole-were doing business as usual under their striped awnings, although they closed during the street fighting. The supply of painted filles seemed ample to accommodate all soldiers interested in amour. In the Rue Scribe the American Express office still had its familiar big sign on the roof. The hotels were comfortably appointed, with plenty of linen and blankets, even satin quilts...
...cognac et I'amour. In Mme. Chideu's till, the purple-and-green invasion currency brought in by the Allies mingles with old Bank of France notes. At first most shopkeepers worried because the printing on the new currency said only that the money was issued in France, named no guarantor. Now Mme. Chideu and her customers accept the Allied notes without question. Only the higher-ups still fret...
...their new notes right away. But the principal holders of the new notes are soldiers, who are too busy fighting to spend money. Towns are usually off limits, so G.I.s and Tommies remain in the countryside, where their bright bank notes raise hell only with prices for cognac and amour. Furthermore, the invading armies bring along almost everything they need and buy only a small amount of local goods...