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...certain rather vacuous remarks attributed to the young Prince von Bismarck, grandson of the great "Iron Chancellor," now in this country as the guest of his cousin, Baron Leopold Piessen of the German Embassy at Washington. In your article you imply that Prince Bismarck is "commonplace," "Babbitt-tailored," a "fop," a "milksop." Will you not give publicity to the following estimate of Prince Bismarck recently penned by a gentleman whom I believe you have styled "famed Washington correspondent, Clinton W. Gilbert." His opinion is probably at least as good as yours. Here it is: "Prince Otto von Bismarck...
...character who cries "young fop" at the famed son of an honored father...
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy: "One Fred B. Smith called me a 'young fop at a meeting of the Citizens' Committee of 1,000 in Manhattan. Said he: 'I understand he is wet as the Atlantic Ocean, and if the young fop tries any of that business in New York he may rest assured that we will teach him the law as satisfactorily and with as much emphasis as his father would have done.' Federal Prohibition Commissioner Haynes and Bishop William T. Manning were among those seated on the platform...
...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