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Irish friends of the Seneschal (literally "Old Servant") pointed out that in medieval times the seneschal or major-domo of a King often achieved more power than his master, became the real ruler...
...This causes him to raise a 1,000 Ib. lump which no one else can budge and hurl it so far that in addition to the first prize for lifting weights, he gets first prize in the shot-put. Most able runner in Klopstokia is a ratty major-domo (Andy Clyde). He practices, on the way to the games, by getting out of the train and running along beside it. Later he wins the mile race by accident when chasing a girl on a motorcycle to give her a letter. Lady & Gent (Paramount). Throughout this picture George Bancroft...
Under the direction of Major Domo Angelo, The Fifty-Eighth Street Country Club continued business as usual...
...write them down on a piece of paper. And nobody but me will know what those winning numbers are." Less occult was the manner in which the memory of Cleveland was recalled last week in Manhattan. Recalling the hard winter of 1893-94, said Jerome, grey-haired Major Domo and for 42 years an employe of smart Sherry's restaurant: "On either side of the 6th Avenue entrance to Central Park there was a soup kettle and there you could see long lines of people-men, women and little children -standing and waiting in six inches of snow...
...huge book of Shakespeare which is unfolded to make various scenes. Her performance as Viola is lively, her grace and beauty are used to good effect. But Leon Quartermain gives the most worthy interpretation, bringing rich and affecting pathos and frustration to the difficult role of pompous Major Domo Malvolio...