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...claiming that "my father was a very superior valet, and kept his place all his life"), Beau Brummell in his teens became the friend of the fat, feckless Prince of Wales. By dressing with unheard-of care and severity-he used only two colors, blue for his coat and buff for his waistcoat and trousers-and by developing a haughty silence that could strike like a thunderclap, Brummell made himself the embodiment of bon ton in London society. From 1800 until he fled England to escape creditors in 1816, "his dictates were obeyed in all the great issues of existence...
...things-for example, one of Julian's sisters has always had an incestuous love for him. It is she, acting through the simple-minded wife, who viciously contrives to get Julian back with them on the old terms. But they are not the old terms. Blindman's Buff has become I Spy; nursemaids have proved false, toys been broken, children hurt...
...kept a shiny, vintage fire engine, and reportedly entertained such celebrities as his friend the master swindler Serge Rubinstein, and some of Mickey Jelke's choicer, $100-a-night call girls. "I always took a big interest in the volunteer fire department in New Hope," said Old Fire Buff Birrell. "Volunteer firemen are a great thing in rural America." He also liked the autumn hunting. But "my house and nine-acre farm are in litigation now. They took it from me; nobody will get anything except the lawyers...
...common source: young people. The Labor Party grew to power with help from Britain's discontented, we-can-change-the-world young folk. The Daily Mirror (circ. 4,571,000), serving up a spicy blend of triangular love, bloody crimes, and pictures of young ladies in the near buff came to command the world's largest newspaper audience of readers under 35 years: some 1,500,000. But in recent months, the Mirror has begun to wonder if, so far as its youthful readers are concerned, it might not have some hardening of the arteries. To Mirror Proprietor...
COLUMBIA: The Lions still need a quarterback--any quarterback. Coach Buff Donelli has already matched last years' victory total, but another triumph may be a long time in the making. Harvey Brookins is the best backfield hold-over, and the maturing of last year's freshman team--the best in ten years--may provide help...