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Nobody is quite so blase and sophisticated as a boy of nineteen who is just recovering from a baby grand passion

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Helen Rowland
Age: 74 †
Born: 1875
Born: January 1
Died: 1950
Died: January 1
Humorist
Journalist
Youth
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Boys
Recovering
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Nineteen
Passion
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