Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley), b. 1869 · New York : Funk & Wagnalls · leaf 83
oors \ Here the <vie Varisienne that Grevin andCham drew so inimitably, came to dine in the olddays; the courtezans of Balzac ; the belles andbeaux of the Empire. Just as the Maison Doree lived in thorough-bred dignity so did it die. Yesterdaymorning the shades of the win-dows were drawn down.… … PARIS DINES 67 the Bois, is taken possession of by bourgeois wed-ding parties, with brides in white satin gowns andgrooms and their friends in dress-suits, whichthey had donned early in the morning and inwhich they have sung and cheered, and drunkthe brides health and the grooms health, andthat of…
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