Word: footmanned
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...debutante to an astronomer, for Princeton University is nearby. But always you will see, getting on the early morning commuters' train, getting off the early evening commuters' train, a neat, plump little man for whom a robins-egg Rolls-Royce stands at stately attention; for whom a footman leaps from the box; for whom the train will back up if necessary to set this important passenger down at the precise spot he wishes. Plump and neat, he trots between Rolls-Royce and train on trim little trotters...
...tells the extraordinary tale of the resurrection of Mrs. Eddy's footman and disciple, Calvin Frye. Frye was found one evening, "unconscious, speechless, eyes closed, apparently breathless, with no pulse and no indication of life. . . ." Frye was placed in a rocking chair. Mrs. Eddy stood over him, in the stuffy room, and said loudly: "Calvin, this cause needs you. Mother needs you and you must not leave. . . ." Frye at this supplication, wriggled and whispered: "I don't want to stay, I want to go." The next morning Frye was about his "mother's" business in the household...
...silk pajamas. There are several shrewd helpers and an excellent back stage device to counterfeit the rattles of artillery deploying before the palace in the embattled second act. Mr. Sherwood has contributed much high nonsense, nota bly a bitter game of checkers between the King and a gravely obese footman...
...frail old lady rides sometimes about Copenhagen in a limousine that seems far from new. When her motor halts at the Palace of her nephew King Christian X she sits quite still. Her footman, kindliest of Russian servitors, hastens to open the door and helps her to descend. To him she is, will always be, "Matoushka Tsaritsa," ¹beloved wife of the "Little Father" Alexander III and mother of the last Romanov Emperor, Nicholas II. Surely the memories of this once very great lady are stranger, more glamorous, than any fairy-tale by her Danish countryman Hans Christian Andersen...
...houseparty guests, thus makes the naughty prima donna partner to a virtuous rehearsal in her chamber the night before. It was rather difficult to find some-thing " 'soft, round, velvety,'-and respectable." But Playwright Molnar is nothing if not ingenious. He has even given Johann Dwornits-chek, footman, a personality. Ralph Nairn plays the part. The entire cast, headed by Holbrook Blinn, ably supports the playwright in offering a rare, charming, skilful entertainment, one that wise play-goers will not overlook...