Word: benefactors
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...knows, leaders of the U. S. colony in Paris are three elderly gentlemen: elegant, wasp-waisted Berry Wall, once New York's Best-Dressed Man; dignified Wil liam Nelson Cromwell, who has the curious distinction of being the financial angel of the Legion of Honor; and Art Benefactor and Philanthropist Edward Tuck. As a man and as a resident of Paris, Philanthropist Tuck, 88, is senior of the three. He first went to Paris in 1864 as vice-consul, appointed by Abraham Lincoln. His friends know that he is the least Parisian of the three, that he still looks...
...exiles are supported by the sale of their family jewels. As supplies run low, however, it is then found that some mysterious benefactor is secretly placing large denomination bills in Xenia's purse. The question of the identity of the anonymous philanthropist and the truly Parisian romance that follows bring the play to its final climax...
...Cambridge from distant parts and are forced to live in unattractive rooms and dine in gloomy boarding houses or the ordinary hash slinging cafeteria, such houses would be a godsend. Building sites and money are the difficulties to be overcome. One can only pray for the appearance of some benefactor like Harkness, Baker, and Vanderbilt to provide buildings for the Law School worthy of its importance in the University...
...tramp, is walking country roads towards the town of Sharon, on his way to an act he thinks Fate requires of him. In his pocket is the infinite wealth of a revolver. He is going to kill Nightingale, once his best friend, his onetime rival in love, his onetime benefactor, then his ruin and (he thinks) cause of his wife's death. In the village cemetery Malory stops by his wife's grave, then goes on to Nightingale's lonely mansion by the sea. But he finds his enemy too late: Nightingale is a cripple, cramped...
Divorced. Marion Campbell Winton, 30, benefactor to Indians, composer of two operas (Love's Wishing Well, The Seminolc); and Alexander Winton, old-time automobile man, inventor and builder of the Winton car; in Cleveland. Charge: his profanity estranged her relatives, friends...