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Frank Kaslov, king of the gypsies of America, was a bachelor. He had no heart for any woman longer than an hour; none of the gypsy women could win him with the charms that sleep in satin skins and shiny eyes. And his mother, fearing that the royal line would perish, said to him, "It is time for you to find yourself a bride and leave off treating the woman question lightly...
...heavy Volga barges. As they trudge along they sing, and the Wurlitzer accompanies them with most sombre effect. In the final chapter, we have the same music, the same words, but with true DeMillian touch, the characters have changed. The prince, in his emaculate uniform, the princess, in her satin slippers and glittering evening gown, and others in like garb, have replaced the ragged horde that formerly stumbled along the narrow tow-path...
Wednesday. Marvelous morning. Patou called me up and asked if I should like to try on my dresses. Would I like to try them on! An old-rose coat trimmed with fur, a satin cyclamen evening frock, a white silk tennis dress wonderfully cut, one walking dress of rose, another in pale grey. This is simply too divine, I thought; it just isn't true. But when I jumped out of the car at Patou's, there were all the reporters sitting around, staring at the manikins, the frocks and me, like morticians at a flower-show. Dieu...
Mlle. Eva Curie, it was shortly revealed, is delicately fleshed and possessed of an attractive figure set off by a striking head of jet black hair. She appeared in a low-cut black satin gown, to which was pinned a single scarlet rose. For two hours she rendered with admirable technique and expression a program including selections from Bach, Chopin, Faure, Saint-Saëns, Beethoven. Paris was momentarily charmed...
...Asked whether he thought that was nice," says the New York World, "he is said to have replied that this is a free country and that George Washington wore a powdered wig and blue satin trousers and nobody thought any the less of him for it." The World further indicates that Columbia undergraduates are taking to powder and lipstick in force. Athletic exertion makes their faces shine so disgustingly...