Word: fifi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sensation of the evening was Elizabeth's mischievous sister Margaret. She started off as Madame Butterfly, changed costumes to become "Mademoiselle Fifi," the belle of the boulevards. "It's a good thing," said one of the guests later, "that Queen Victoria wasn't there...
...ebullient great-great-granddaughter's high kicks-but then Margaret has always shown herself to be more a child of Victoria's son Edward VII, an habitue of Maxim's in the days when Offenbach's music set the pace for Parisian gaiety. As Mademoiselle Fifi, Princess Margaret and seven of her friends turned the embassy party into a show that would have delighted Edward's eye if not his sense of royal decorum...
...read through a fine collection of 25 cent pocket books, found in another corner of the room; they had titles like "Fifi' or "The Impatient Virgin." And every day brought the 6:30 thermometer. It grew increasingly tough. Smith pattered around the ward, suggesting that tottering arrivals be "placed immediately in bed." He frequently curled up in his covers and moaned "morphine, morphine,' in a pained-wracked voice. He waggled his fingers at feverish flu-victims and solemnly pronounced "Leprosy." He played cards until he found he knew all the cards from the back. He read patients each others fever...
James A. Stillman, late National City Banker, heir to millions, and co-star of one of the gamiest divorce suits of the '20s, turned out to have died deep in debt. Stillman and wife "Fifi" charged each other with offside parenthood-she by an Indian guide, he by a chorus girl. She got the divorce, promptly married Harvester Heir Fowler McCormick. A New York estate tax appraisal last week: Stillman owned $875,745, owed $1,079,539. Notable debt: $362,848 to the four Stillman children for their support...
Last week, the sutures withdrawn from her abdomen, Fifi's recovery was pronounced complete...