Word: appliques
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...strict, and, when I sometimes gave her occasion, stern." The choicest bits are the naive little confessions. "The jewels I wear on the stage are all imitation." ... "I might as well state categorically that my hair, all of it, is absolutely my own and grows naturally instead of being appliqué. Naturally, I exclude from this claim the wigs I wear in my stage impersonations." ... "I love movement, and am capable of turning a few hand springs in the strict privacy of my drawing-room, an accomplishment probably not included in every prima donna repertoire. It always rouses my friends...