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MR. GORGONZOLA AMONG THE PROPHETS

... earth are allowed no close time. Nature has to hustle to produce anything they fancy. The siren you are after is Berenice d'Asparagus, the haughtiest and handsomest chorus girl in London. Your MacToddie is one of five titled fools fawning at her feet. Mind ...

Published: Wednesday 04 August 1909
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2893 | Page: 22 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

PIN-UP COUNTESS

... where Lady Colchester was dining in a party. Leslie waited till she had her mouth open for a particularly spineless piece of asparagus and then clicked his camera. The picture appeared with a slighUy humorous caption. A fortnight later he got one of her at ...

Published: Wednesday 03 March 1948
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1724 | Page: 26 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

PART OF THE PRICE

... actually watches me, poor darling, to see how to eat, and last Sunday at the Ritz her face was a simple delight over the asparagus. She took up her knife and fork and caught his eye and pretended to be busy with her toast while she waited, then she literally ...

Published: Wednesday 09 June 1920
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1818 | Page: 62 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

Alison Moncrieff:: THE STORY OF A DRAMATIST

... beauty as themselves. If it were otherwise, bachelors would disappear from our midst, and old maids would be as scarce as asparagus in January. Far from this being the case, however, it is often seen that the more ugly a man is the more he determines that ...

Published: Saturday 19 July 1879
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 5938 | Page: 15 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative