Word: rosalind
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Dates: during 1922-1922
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...girls described by Mr. Fitzgerald may or may not have been true to life at the time he wrote his book. But once it was published and became the one unfailing topic of conversation for boys and girls it is noticeable the "Rosalind's" and "Gloria's" became suddenly all prevalent. The explanation may be that the younger generation had already a desire to be clever or fast or both but felt a certain timidity as to who to proceed. Mr. Fitzgerald merely showed them the way. Oscar Wilde, and the innumerable others,- who have held that life imitates...