Hilarious Frenchies

Almost finished Mary McAuliffe's Twilight of the Belle Epoque.

Year 1917

p. 330

Critic Jean Poueigh lambasted Parade and Satie.

So Satie sent postcards saying rude words to Poueigh.

P in turn sued Satie for libel, arguing that his concierge read it, and the magistrates had to repeat those words on the postcards at court lol(which Arthur Honegger found hilarious).

In retaliation Cocteau hit P's lawyer and was roughed up by the police.

LMAO!

p. 331

Debussy tried to cure insomnia by reading the French Civil Code:

But he just found those sufficiently disturbing to keep him awake!

Proust was notorious for waking his friends at night with midnight visits for consultation of his magnum opus(verifing some facts, etc)