Word: papae
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Dawn broke somewhat unpleasantly behind a cloudy sky of incontinent youth. Two young ladies found themselves abruptly young but no more ladies. One committed suicide on the fringes of a house party and the other lived and married the man she loved. A puritanical papa who objected most determinedly to these unfortunate adventures was argued down by his wife on the grounds that she, too, in the days of her youth had subdivided her virginity. She had made a good wife. Daughter would make a good wife...
...puritanical papa who objected most determinedly...
...breaks down in her car among the hills, drops in on Charles Post (as Stephen Strange-way, hillman), lets herself in for his strong-man love. He does not recover until there has been displayed a good deal of vamping, counter-vamping, and ancient details of the Hollywood "sugar-papa" system. The scenario was lifted from the quivering pages of E. Phillips Oppenheim, but Charles Post's abdomen and eyebrows are as depressing as ever...
Thus, when the 12-year-old Peter said to his parent one day: "Papa, here is a picture called Immaculate Conception. What is Immaculate Conception?" the elder Pock replied smoothly: "That's the name of the lady, Peter...
...Daily News (so called "gum-chewers' sheetlet") published his picture on its front page. Caption: "TRIED TO FORGET.?J. K. Mitchell 'heavy sugar papa' of slain Dot King, returned with wife from Europe yesterday. They're shown leaving ship here...