Word: chauffeur
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Motioning his chauffeur to a seat beside the wheel, Il Duce seized it himself, kicked open the cutout, vanished before news gatherers could ask whither...
...chimney sweep-in the Balkans an omen of good luck. Smiling, His Majesty stopped the royal motor, offered the chimney sweep 100 dinars ($1.76) for two straws from his grimy brush. Astonished and suspicious, the chimney sweep refused to sell even one straw. Outraged, the royal chauffeur revealed his master's identity: "Louse of a chimney sweep! Do you defy your King...
When the two royal grandaunts, Queen Maud of Norway and Louise, Princess Royal, both sisters of the King, rode out to see the newborn unchristened Duchess, ill luck attended them. Their motor car collided with a taxi near Knightsbridge, and only a quick swerve by their chauffeur prevented a serious accident...
...spot remains. The acting of "The Rotters" was superb in spite of the difficulties of a first night performance. There was not a line into which the actors, particularly Miss May Ediss, who impersonated a young person of 15 or so, and Alan Mowbray in the part of the chauffeur, did not put all the life possible...
...Horse-Power. Out of the many plays this week this must be set down as the least. It is the story of a Long Island chauffeur who was really a person of distinction. The talents of the troupe are inconsiderable...