Word: faut
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Crown Prince committing a comme il ne faut...
Hitherto, it was not comme il faut (in fact it was considered "indecent") for a royal prince to marry for love. The Crown Prince, breaker of precedents, loved his Princess, but he had to battle for her with Prince Yamagata, the most formidable of the Elder Statesmen-a fact which increased his popularity with the people...
...popular with almost all Frenchmen, except the Royalists. They are rather divided about him. One group says he has become republicanized; another that he is disqualified for succession to the throne by marrying a commoner; a third that there have been certain amours which are not comme il faut for a royal prince. This party is not reputed to be serious in its contentions. As brother of the Duc d'Orléans he is, of course, heir-apparent to the non-existent French throne. If he tries to sit on this hallucinatory chair, the French will have great...
...debt incurred by the Greek play of last year which was produced almost regardless of expense. The debt must by now have been paid off, judging by the crowds which attended the "Oedipus". The French Society has been busy and has produced Alfred de Musset's "II ne Faut Jurer de Rien" with great success, whilst the Marlowe is to act Ben Jonson's "Volpone" beginning on March third. The Conventional little bird has informed us that it is likely to be an unusually good performance. Most popular of all, however, will be the Cambridge Amateur Operatic Company's "Mikado...