The Pursuit of Laughter give us a little of her wit. The Pursuit of Laughter does neither and thus the Diana who emerges from its pages is, unforgivably, nothing more than a snobbish dullard with a startling line in rhetorical leaps." Acknowledgements (466) Index (467) The Pursuit of Laughter The Pursuit of Laughter is a 2008 collection of diaries, articles, reviews and portraits by Diana Mitford. The book was published by Gibson Square and edited by Martin Rynja. Mitford's sister, Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, provides the introduction. The title is a homage to another Mitford sister's book, Nancy Mitford's "The Pursuit of Love".
Sisters of the Holy Family (Louisiana) St. Bernard Avenue. After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Lafon Old Folks Home was restored and reopened in 2010, and continues to provide nursing care. St. Mary's Academy first opened on Chartres Street in December 1867, moved to the Quadroon Ballroom on Orleans Avenue in 1881, and to Chef Menteur Boulevard in 1965. Sisters of the Holy Family (Louisiana) The Sisters of the Holy Family based in New Orleans, Louisiana, were founded in 1837 as the Sisters of the Presentation by Henriette DeLille. In 1842, the religious institute changed its name to the Sisters of the Holy Family. Member use