Tag: 1925

Thoughts on Paris – February 4, 1925

Very tired by life in Paris, the constricted horizon, the thin air, the useless words..

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Very tired by life in Paris, the constricted horizon, the thin air, the useless words. When I was at a matinée at the Vaudeville Madame R sought me out. I was beautiful and sedate, in black. That afternoon I made a conquest of a charming little actress, Mademoiselle de Guise, who is working at the Palais-Royal theatre. At my age! I was astounded by it. Since this morning I have had — we, Georges and I — had an apartment on the fourth floor at 64 rue Saussure. Simple house, vulgar street, pleasant little ‘flat’ which will do as a pied-à-terre.

Liane de Pougy

Notes:
• From My Blue Notebooks
• Liane de Pougy was a famed courtesan in Paris who then married a Romanian prince and eventually became a nun.

A life in Paris – January 28, 1925

Paris, softened by sweet and premature spring weather…

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Paris, softened by sweet and premature spring weather! We are back in our two comfortable and pretty rooms which a cheerful sun has been illuminating all day. Everything unpacked and put away. I alerted only my furrier and Morgot de La Bigne. The furrier has delivered everything and Margot has called in to give me a kiss. What a lovely girl, fresh, stylish, dazzling rosy complexion, the look of an archangel at the gates of heaven! Her skirt was very short and revealed her right leg, imperious and agile.

Georges seems very happy to be back in Paris. I shall make an effort to be a good and agreeable woman of the world, smiling, futile, indulgent, charitable, cordial. I have made up my mind — but I still feel wild.

Liane de Pougy

Notes:
• From My Blue Notebooks
• Liane de Pougy was a famed courtesan in Paris who then married a Romanian prince and eventually became a nun.

Thoughts on Paris – January 27, 1925

Ever eat an oyster Smith?…

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Ever eat an oyster Smith?

What the Graham Cracker is to you the oyster has become to me. In Paris a day dont go by I dont pestle them. Gaw what bivalves they have there.

You can get Graham Crackers in Paris.

Ernest Hemingway, to a friend

Notes:
• From The Letters of Ernest Hemingway
• Ernest Hemingway was an American writer.