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No Nice Girl Swears is the original, trailblazing guide to
the “new etiquette,” brimming with timeless advice on
style, romance, and grace, and finally back in print
90 years after its original release. Forewords by today’s
editor in chief of Town & Country and the
editor in chief of Vogue from 1914–1952.
Heralded as the go-to guide for soon-to-be debutantes and ladies
who’d recently made their debut, No Nice Girl Swears ushered in a
“new etiquette” on its release in 1933, much to the shock—and
delight—of the high-society crowd of jazz-age America. Today it
is equal parts time capsule (how to dress for dinner on your
transatlantic voyage) and timeless missive (how to ditch a date
who’s had a few too many). Worldly-wise socialite Alice-Leone
Moats advises on everything from style and dating to travel and
party throwing, and weeds through the dos and don’ts of weddings,
weekend trips, and the workplace. Her wisdom, though steeped in the
charm of her time, endures: treat others—and yourself—with
respect, always put your best foot forward, and don’t throw a
party without champagne. It’s just good manners. This keepsake
volume includes a new foreword from Stellene Volandes, the editor
in chief of Town & Country, the original foreword from Edna
Woolman Chase, Vogue’s editor in chief from 1914–1952, and a
contextualizing preface. It encourages consideration of what
etiquette rules we’d like instilled today, and shows how Moats
helped usher in a world where women could speak—and act—freely.
NO PASSPORf FOR PARIS G. P. PUTNAMS SONS, NEW YORK 5 BY ALICE-LEONE
1MOATS rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, must not be
reproduced in any form zvithoitt Government ivartime restrictions
oil materials have made it essential that the amount of paper used
in each book be reduced to a. minimum . This volume is printed on
lighter paper than would have been used before material limita
tions became necessary, and the number of ivords on each page has
been substantially increased. The smaller bulh in no ivay indicates
that the text has been shortened. by Robert Josephy MAKT7FA. CTTJR.
ED IN THE UNITED STATES OF TKCIS B o o KL is IE o R ZNdl O T H E R
A OST r I V T CONTENTS PART i SPAIN L The Purpose of My Trip to
France 1 2. A Summing Up of the Situation in Spain 4 3. Arrival in
Madrid 10 4. The Seville Fair 16 5. Life in Madrid 24 6. Censorship
and the Press 31 7. Interned American Flyers 41 8. Aristocrats and
Diplomats 48 9. Keeping House in Madrid 55 10. Journeys to Galicia
and Andalusia 63 1L Navarre and the Basque Country 71 12. A
Pilgrimage to Pena de Francia 78 13. A Wedding in Galicia 85 14.
The Concentration Camp of Miranda de Ebro 94 15. Memorial Mass for
os Antonio American Propa ganda in Spain 104 16. Dinner with
Grandpop 108 17. Luncheon with Republican Prisoners 115 18. The
Fdange 121 19. The Minister Secretary General of the Party Tal s
126 20. Christmas at Credos 131 21. The Wolfram Crisis 138 22. The
Minister of Industry and Commerce 145 PART ii NAZI-OCCUPIED FRANCE
23. Preparations for the Journey to France 157 24. Crossing the
Pyrenees 163 25. Arrival in France 172 26. A Wee inPau 180 27.
Preparations for the Trip to Paris 187 28. An American Fighter
Pilot 19229. Biarritz and Bayonne 200 30. On the Train to Paris 207
31. Arrival in Paris 213 32. An Allied Air Raid 219 33. Dinner with
Collaborationists 227 34. A Conversation with a Member of the
Waffen SS 233 35. Three Underground Leaders 239 36. Departure -
from Paris 247 37. Return to Spain 255 38. Tempest in a Teapot 266
39. It Was Worth It 274 PART I SPAIN . 7 40 My Seven weeks before
the Allied armies landed in Normandy, I went to France. Since that
country was still under Nazi domination, I had to make a
clandestine entry. That meant crossing the Pyrenees on foot. Once
in France, I was able to travel by train and remained there, in
all, three weeks. During that time I visited the Basses Pyrenees
district, the southwest coastal zone, Paris, and Toulouse. It was
an arduous and dangerous journey, but a great adventure. It could
have cost me my life, but as an experience it was worth all the
risks involved. I obtained an invaluable insight into the spirit of
a con quered nation. The thousands of Americans who arrived in
France after I was there saw the French people at the moment of
their libera tion, when they were filled with the joy of knowing
that their country was about to be freed. I saw them at the lowest
point in their history, when their hope of being liberated had been
dashed again and again, when they were being persecuted as never
before by their enemies, and bombed by their friends. In close
contact with the Underground all the time, I was able to gauge
accurately what was being accomplished in France in the way of
active resistance. Passing as a Frenchwoman, I almost began to feel
that I was French, and I was able to catch something of the spirit
of the people. It was arevelation in how strong the will to live
can be, not only in human beings but in a nation. I also came to
know the sensation which is a rare one for an Ameri can that of
being hunted. I understood what it felt like to tremble at the
sound of a footstep, to jump every time there was a knock on the
door. I had to learn to keep a close watch on my every movement and
word. A mistake of any kind could easily have placed me in front of
a firing squad. What I learned didnt always fit in with what I had
expected to find before I went to France...
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