Word: beau
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Debussy, 1862-1918.--Beau Soir; Ballade des Femmes de Paris. (Baritone...
...Holding up the back for the curious one to look at) "It's a collection of biographical sketches of people who have risen to fame only to die as failures--such as the Emperor Maximilian or Beau Brummel or Lady Hamilton...
There are several of the sketches, however, which do not suffer from condensation--the life of Beau Brummell, for example. This work is easily the best in the volume. Mr. Ellis is at his best in his description of the famous dandy's reign as the leather of society, of the crash that came when he went too far in his intimacy with the Prince Regent, and of the miserable years that he spent, exiled in Calia. when he lived a little better than a beggar...
...shift has come at last, and our Beau Brummels announce that it is up to each and every one to lay aside the friendly, battered old felt headgear for its lighter and more modish cousin, the "boater." But for many the change presents difficulties. With prices soaring even higher than a "straw" in a heavy gale, and with rueful memory of the fact that Max received the hat of yester-year in return for necessary movie fare last autumn, what is there left for the woeful student...