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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1909)
. THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. . PORTLAND, JANUARY 10, 1909 ' ' - ' . . , ' - ! im IrC) i l ; . 1 5 r . . : i tt A' 7 IJrrmrnrr.e fnr r 1 ILIAjLIAj J. WPU IT C., CT 0Sw6r cretr Jooomir JJ fibv MA, CT III I f SHE BECOMES POPULAR. IN PAMS. The versifier's rhymes this week shall vainly try to tell How Fluffy in six little days become the reigning belle. All Paris bowed to innocence and charm and native worth ; All Paris doffed its hat to one American by birth. She visited the Bon Marche, the Bon Marche was hers. The "House" presented her at once with lace and costly furs. "1 wish to pay," dear Fluffy said. The partners bowing low, With head oblique and shoulders shrugged, said, "Non, non, noa nonl She could not cross a boulevard but escorts, hat in hand, : Saw to it that the way was clear, with gracious smiles and bland. . .. r- t -J J-.. And when the vomedie rrancaise sne visueo one uy, The actors bowed as each "came onthen went on with the play. Savans and military men and and statesmen authors too aii u knrrma Fluffv. dear, did all that they could do And "Princes of the blood" left cards for Fluffy at her pension (At which unprecedented act all Paris was "attention"). m t j itn r.u,. nUr iAhfre Presidents receive And where you get champagne and sweets-and then, of course, you leave), But Fluffy spent an afternoon, told Fallieres "all about it, And that she charmed the President, can anybody doubt it ( She visited the Louvre and, too, the Luxembourg renowned, . " And crowds of "Cooks' forsook their guide to follow her around. Yes, Paris found her so unspoiled, so stylish and so pretty, They gave her fon a silver plate) the freedom of the city. v " au V" jjnr (COPmCHT. 13o0. BY THE NEW tOVH HERALD COJ Ad Rljhtt Reserved