Archive for February, 2007

The Man Who Invented Polka Dots

Monday, February 12th, 2007

by Jonathan Scott
April 17, 1894
Eleanor and I checked into the Hôtel Merveilleuxe in Paris this afternoon. When the clerk noticed my name on the guest register, he threw his arms into the air so vigorously the postiche covering his bald pate nearly loosened from its mooring. “Sacreblu!” he exclaimed. “Ees it really vous?”
I assured […]