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Helen Lawrenson, who set society on its ear in 1936 with an article called Latins are Lousy Lovers, is still sassy, sexy and published at the age of 7(...)
Helen Lawrenson, who set society on its ear in 1936 with an article called Latins are Lousy Lovers, is still sassy, sexy and published at the age of 7(...)

Helen Lawrenson, who set society on its ear in 1936 with an article called Latins are Lousy Lovers, is still sassy, sexy and published at the age of 7(...)

Date10/20/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Helen Lawrenson; who set society on its ear in 1936 with an article called Latins are Lousy Lovers; is still sassy; sexy and published at the age of 71. 'What-the-hell candor is in vogue' she says. So are older women.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0099915F
      Le spectacle de la vie humaine: ou, Leçons de sagesee, exprimées avec art en 103 tableaux en taille douce dont les sujets sont tirés d'Horace par l'ingénieux Othon Vaenius; accompagnés nonseulement des principales maximes de la morale, en vers françois, hollandois, latins & allemands, mais encore par des explications très belles sur chaque tableau par seu le savant & très célébre Jean Le Clerc
      Le spectacle de la vie humaine: ou, Leçons de sagesee, exprimées avec art en 103 tableaux en taille douce dont les sujets sont tirés d'Horace par l'ingénieux Othon Vaenius; accompagnés nonseulement des principales maximes de la morale, en vers françois, hollandois, latins & allemands, mais encore par des explications très belles sur chaque tableau par seu le savant & très célébre Jean Le Clerc
      Veen, Otto van 1556-1629
      1755
      Peter Allen (above) was under the big tent yesterday, although the weather was more suitable for seagulls than music lovers. But it's all fun for the (...)
      Peter Allen (above) was under the big tent yesterday, although the weather was more suitable for seagulls than music lovers. But it's all fun for the (...)
      Allen, Peter
      5/14/1984
      The National has become slick, smooth and sexy in middle age not at all the ugly little duckling of its early days
      The National has become slick, smooth and sexy in middle age not at all the ugly little duckling of its early days
      Goode, Jeff
      3/1/1991
      Helen Lawrenson
      Helen Lawrenson
      Combs, Erin
      10/19/1978
      Convertible cuddle: There's something about a convertible and Toronto's lovers' lanes that sets young blood racing
      Convertible cuddle: There's something about a convertible and Toronto's lovers' lanes that sets young blood racing
      McConnell, Colin
      7/18/1980
      Still sassy at 65: Sarah Vaughan gave her legion of fans another night to remember in concert at Roy Thomson Hall that showed her raw talent and vocal cunning still defying the years
      Still sassy at 65: Sarah Vaughan gave her legion of fans another night to remember in concert at Roy Thomson Hall that showed her raw talent and vocal cunning still defying the years
      Bock, Tony
      6/27/1989
      Art lovers. The hospitable curve of the Archer, the Henry Moore sculpture at Toronto City Hall, was just too inviting for these young lovers to resist(...)
      Art lovers. The hospitable curve of the Archer, the Henry Moore sculpture at Toronto City Hall, was just too inviting for these young lovers to resist(...)
      Mahler, John
      9/17/1979
      'Everybody's crazy'. This is only part of the mass of Beatle-lovers who descended on Maple Leaf Gardens today to get tickets for their heroes' appeara(...)
      'Everybody's crazy'. This is only part of the mass of Beatle-lovers who descended on Maple Leaf Gardens today to get tickets for their heroes' appeara(...)
      Beatles (Musical group)
      1964
      But Ella Fitzgerald sang about the weed way back in 1936 and Cab Calloway did the same, Ironically, a Calloway magazine article about dope was used by anti-pot forces
      But Ella Fitzgerald sang about the weed way back in 1936 and Cab Calloway did the same, Ironically, a Calloway magazine article about dope was used by anti-pot forces
      Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
      9/20/1979
      Ben Johnson set the world on its ear twice within a few hours at the Seoul Olympics when he roared across the line ahead of American Carl Lewis in the(...)
      Ben Johnson set the world on its ear twice within a few hours at the Seoul Olympics when he roared across the line ahead of American Carl Lewis in the(...)
      Goode, Jeff
      6/26/1990
      Thirty-year-old Rob Nelson has set the United Church of Canada on its ear with his swinging editorship of the church's magazine Collage
      Thirty-year-old Rob Nelson has set the United Church of Canada on its ear with his swinging editorship of the church's magazine Collage
      Goode, Jeff
      1/3/1969
      Baby Michel's adventures in Latin America will be the subject of an article she hopes to write, Margaret Trudeau said in a television interview last night
      Baby Michel's adventures in Latin America will be the subject of an article she hopes to write, Margaret Trudeau said in a television interview last night
      Spremo, Boris
      2/3/1976