The life story of an ugly duckling (1924)

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Record Details:

Title:
The life story of an ugly duckling
Date:
1924
Publisher:
New York : Robert M. McBride & Company
Volume:
The life story of an ugly duckling
Leaf #:
000260
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 08, 2025
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194 The Ugly Duckling Because I prefer things in their own atmosphere, perhaps that is why I never return home from Italy with my arms full of Venetian bureaux, cassones, cadenzas, barcaroles, refectory tables, prie dieus and whatnots. I have been entertained in the palazzos of the greatest families in Italy — such glorious places, where one couldn't count the reception rooms — and I have noticed chairs roped off against the walls. Not being known as a collector of antiques, this puzzled me, until I decided that my hosts did not suspect me of any designs, such as stealing them or trying to buy them, but knowing I was going to be present they no doubt thought that I couldn't resist going through a chair or doing a backward tip and feared that I'd leave all their heirlooms in ruins! It would never do for me to go in for period furniture in my own home. I always adjust myself to my setting and if I had to get into a Marie Antoinette mood every time I went into my Louis the 14th Street drawing-room it would get on my nerves. Many people who go in for antiques soon have