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...signs of his 49 years, except for an accordion-like rippling of chins. North Carolina's pale old Senator Clyde Hoey, Democratic chairman of the subcommittee, arrived promptly at hearing time, smiling and looking more than ever like Arthur Train's unforgettable Mr. Tutt in his dark frock coat and customary red boutonniere. Arkansas Democrat John McClellan waved a friendly greeting to Boyle before taking his seat, and Boyle gaily waved back. With a glance at the clock, Senator Hoey ordered the photographers back and rapped for order. Then, during a five hour session, Bill Boyle...
...little girl took a step forward, caught her frock in both hands as if about to make a curtsy, rose upon her toes, and said in a prim voice, "I beg your pardon...
...nursery door opened and Nurse's voice said, in the - sugary tone which she used to little girl guests, "Here you are, darling, and Tommy will show you all his toys." A little brown-haired girl in a silk party frock, sticking out all round her legs like a lampshade, came in at the door, stopped, and stared at her host. Tom, a dark little boy aged five, also in a party suit, blue linen knickers and a silk shirt, stared back at the girl. Nurse had gone into the night nursery, next door, on her private affairs...
...little girl turned her head over one shoulder and slowly revolved on one heel, as if trying to examine the back of her own frock. She then stooped suddenly, brushed the hem with her hand, and said, "Hullo...
Enamored of politics, he began affecting frock coats in order to look like a politico. He poured out $1,500,000 in an unsuccessful try for the 1904 Democratic nomination for President. Next year he actually won the New York mayoralty in a bloody election, only to see Tammany rig the count and cheat him out of his victory. In 1906, he was defeated by Charles Evans Hughes for the governorship of New York. In 1922, still nursing a political ambition that reached all the way to the White House, he made his last cast for office, began a campaign...