Word: fop
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...remains with us should now fall away in the levelling of war. When a thousand men are put in uniform the incipient politician may not measure the great or the near-great by examining whether their shoes are custom-made, or their hats come from New York. The prettiest fop does not show distinction in company front after an afternoon of drill in column and line formations. The assurance gained in talking to paid and obedient servants does not help greatly in telling a platoon of strong and aggressive men to deploy as skirmishers, and be excessively quick about...
Following is the program for the Fop Concert in Symphony Hall this evening: 1.Huldingunge March, Wagner 2. Overture, "a Midsummer's Night dream," Mendelssohn 3. Waltz, "Acceleration," Strauss 4. Selection, "La Traviata,' Verdi 5. Prelude, "Lohengrin." Selection from Die Meistersinger"-"Song of the Rhine Daughters" (Dusk of the Gods).--"Ride of the Valkyries." Wagner 3. Overture, "Rienzi," Wagner 7. Gavotte, Urack 8. Selection, "Gypsy Love," Lehar 9. March, "Stars and Stripes," Sousa