Word: parisian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Parisian Prospero...
Naturally a party where everyone must first be inoculated and then constantly bear in mind the possibility of ptomaine poisoning is not ideal, or apt to be largely attended. "Colonel Fiske," rapped Edwin W. Thorn, Parisian Legion official, "has made statements both absolutely and profoundly ridiculous, if he has been correctly quoted. . . The public water supply of Paris is one of the purest in the world. . . There is no more need for inoculation, and no more danger of ptomaine poison in Paris than at home...
...immoral?" but "Is it impolitie?" ask French police of themselves when called upon to act as censors. "It is impolitie," decided the Parisian police last week, when a War film appeared with Germans called "Boches" in several subtitles. "Henceforth," announced the Prefect of Police, "the term 'Boche' will not be tolerated in any stage or screen production shown in Paris, since the expression is one militating against international concord...
...written a symphonic poem which sounds so admirably like a locomotive as famed Arthur Honegger, head of that ultraModern group of Parisian composers, Les Six. But last week Composer Honegger was struck by the thought that his "train symphony," Pacific 231, only interprets a locomotive from the standpoint of pedestrians or others not in the cab. "How," asked Arthur Honegger excitedly of himself, "how does a locomotive sound to the engineer...
...Kiss in a Taxi (Bebe Daniels). With typical Hollywood depiction of Montmartre, Bebe Daniels, virtuous and pure young Parisian waitress, is discovered smashing chinaware every time a man tries to kiss her. There is in the picture, oddly, a poor young artist. He overcomes, strangely, the animadversions of the young waitress. During the seven reels that it takes him to do it, five million dishes are shown to break...