Word: genevi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Isabelle three miles to the south. All was quiet, save for the rain, and the occasional crack of a Communist rifle way off somewhere in the hills. That night, De Castries summoned his staff to Junon, his command post, for one last chivalric rite of battle: he decorated Lieut. Geneviéve de Galard Terraube, the only woman nurse in the fortress, with the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre. That night too, less than 500 yards from Junon, the Communist infantrymen burrowed close in through the mire. "Everywhere they are in close contact," Dienbienphu radioed GHQ. "Everywhere...
...Paris court saw a small French farce played and produced by Playwright-Actor Sacha Guitry, 67, his fourth wife, Geneviève de Sèreville, and his fifth, the former Lana Marconi. In the role of plaintiff, Guitry charged that wife No. 4 had continued to use the name Madame Guitry, which led to "much confusion," particularly when wife No. 5 kept getting No. 4's bills. Guitry asked the court to award him 20,000 francs ($60) every time Geneviève used his name. Said Geneviève in defense: Sacha had said when they were...
When Massine's company first got to Perugia, a Rome newspaper ran a picture of French Ballerina Geneviève Lespagnol going through her rehearsal paces in ballet tights. Since she plays the Virgin Mary, the picture created quite a stir. A deputation of five Dominicans came around to keep an eye on rehearsals, but the company's directors managed to reassure them...
Faith with Terror. Benedictine nuns specialize in making church ornaments, vestments and altar cloths. Geneviève's work was skillful, but it puzzled and confused the sisters by its harsh turbulence. One day an art collector named Dr. Paul Alexandre came upon some of Genevieèe's work at a church sale. Impressed, he began to buy it whenever he could; eventually, he slipped a book of Rembrandt sketches for her through the grill of the convent. Later, he sent her a printing press and etcher's tools...
Slowly and laboriously, cramped by rheumatism, Mère Geneviève perfected her technique of etching. Last year she completed her major work to date: a series showing the 14 Stations of the Cross, bound together in parchment with four other etchings. When Modern Painter Marie Laurencin saw the pictures, she was so enthusiastic that she begged the editor of Figaro Littéraire to let her announce her discovery. Her verdict: "[They have] the faith of the great primitives shining in each of their faces, with a terror that recalls only Goya." Almost overnight, Mère Genevi...