Word: distaff
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...refreshing to see the poise these models have," was the assertion of white-haired Joseph Champagne, Beacon Hill dancing instructor and a sort of unhurried Arthur Murray, as he sat down to become the third male in the distaff sea. A tardy fourth, orchestra leader Vaughn Monroe added a touch of glamour as he assumed his place with "Yeah, but they should put price tags on the dresses. They did at the one I judged at the Stork Club...
With one eye on the half a thousand veterans pouring back into Cambridge today and tomorrow, and the other cocked at lonely undergraduates drifting aimlessly around the environs of the Square over the weekend, Sargent College, in a vague way the distaff side of B.C., has scheduled an informal dance on Saturday night...
...plot in the piece is about as substantial as a black chiffon nightgown and not half as exciting. Botty Grable, the first woman typist, is sent to Boston to work in an office which soon feels the impact of the distaff side as spitoons go out and chintz comes in. You won't be surprised to know that Dick Haymes is the thriving, moderately blue-blooded manager of the company. Emancipated at last, Miss Grable is soon deep in the suffrage movement, of which Mr. Haymes does not approve. Take it from there...
...Bushmen, Distaff...
When Elizabeth Gray Vining left for Japan to become tutor to its Crown Prince, U.S. newspapers wondered whether Akihito would learn distaff democracy at her knee. Last week Mrs. Vining sent the U.S. an informal report on her first two months in Tokyo. One between-the-lines conclusion: it might take a long time...