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Title: In Vanity Fair; a tale of frocks and femininity
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt, Mrs., 1868-
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Publisher: New York, Moffat
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e. Yes, the air is full of such stories and the scandal-mongers whisper them, chuckling; but they are hardlypleasant stories, and sometimes tragedy looms grim inthe aftermath of the Grand Prix. For that matter,tragedy lurks always just beneath the surface of Parisianlife, but on the surface there is such gaiety, such insou-ciance, such a glitter and a fanfare, that one forgets. Itis absurd to be haunted in Paris. The ghosts are them-selves Parisian; and, recognizing the absurdity of theirmetier, allow themselves to be decently laid while thetide of life swirls over them and around them. Or, ifthey do walk between the hydrangea clumps of Auteuil,or under the lindens of Longchamps, or steal throughthe corridors of the Grand Conde at Chantilly, they arewell-behaved, unobtrusive ghosts, unnoticed in the whirlof brilliant colourful life. Down in the pesage at Longchamps there is no ques-tion of ghosts on Grand Prix day. Sunshine, laughter,life at its merriest, rule the day. The Parisiennes
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FIFI AND THE DUCHESS ON THE TURF 73 grand passion is for diverting herself and others. Sheis the queen of luxury and of gaiety, and she plays herrole royally at the Grand Prix. *^Parisienne, one says,but one means the woman of Paris, not the woman bornin Paris; for Paris is cosmopolis. The over-elaborationof all civilization centres there. Her women are thewomen from all lands, women of all types, resemblingeach other only in sex and in their ready assimilation ofthe best that civilization has to offer to the senses. Thespell of Paris, the witch city, is over them all. In the paddock at Longchamps, one will see all thewell-known women of Paris, and not only of Paris but ofEurope. Homburg empties its cosmopolitan smart setinto Paris for the Grand Prix, St. Petersburg alwayssends a large contingent, the racing folk of England areout in full force, Americans are numerous; but perhapsmost notable of all are the Viennese. The Viennesewomen are marvels. They can meet Parisiennes ontheir own

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