though he witnessed, first hand, the bloody
crumbling of the Grande Armee in Waterloo, he continued to praise the
invincibility and foresight of his leader. Napoleon himself, touched
by such devotion, decorated him and awarded him a pension of 200
francs.
Chauvin was born in Rochefort, France around 1780 or 1790. His 17
battle wounds resulted in disfigurement and mental instability. After
the war, he became a laughing stock and was ridiculed in several
Vaudeville plays, especially 'La Cocarde Tricolore' (1831). The terms
"Chauvinism" first appeared in Arrago's Dictionnaire de la
Conversation in 1834.
http://humanityquest.com/topic/Index.asp?theme1=chauvinism
Chicago (musical)
The musical "Chicago" won 6 Academy awards (Oscars) in March 2003. It
is based on the true story of Belva Gaertner and Beulah
Annan, two ravishing and witty women murderers who became celebrities
in the 1920s.
When asked what kind of jury she needed, Gaertner responded: "I want
worldly men, broad-minded men, men who know what it is to get a bit."
She had a gig in a cabaret when she married William Gaertner, her
second husband, in 1917.
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