Word: grandpas
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Grandpa Storr is the central figure of The Stranger's Return. A hard-fibred, eloquent curmudgeon of nearly 90, he entertains himself by abusing the pasty-faced riff-raff of his family-a nephew's widow, a stepdaughter, her husband-who are his pensioners at Storrhaven while they wait for him to die. When Louise (Miriam Hopkins), the daughter of Grandpa Storr's oldest son, arrives at Storrhaven, the old man gets a new interest in life-showing her that she belongs, not in New York where she has been married and divorced, but on the ancestral...
...Stong-Harcourt, Brace ($2). Only Iowans can properly judge how truly Author Stong's 14th novel* mirrors Iowa life, but any hayseed can tell that Author Stong has seen some strongly improbable cinemas. Author Stong, however, has plentifully seasoned this fare with generous helpings of sardonic Iowa humor. Grandpa Storr, a cross between Falstaff and King Lear, talked like Mark Twain in unexpurgated mood. His language and actions were equally offensive to his household, consisting of: his nephew's wife (wicked), his stepdaughter (foolish), her husband (weak). They sat around like jackals waiting for him to die, watching...
...VAUIS? My grandpa notes the world's worn cogs And says, "We're going to the dogs!" His grandpa in his house of logs Said things were going to the dogs. His grandpa in the, Flemish bogs Said things were going to the dogs. His grandpa in his hairy togs Said things were going to the dogs. But this is what I wish to state The dogs have had an awful wait...
Actually Mikimoto branches in Paris, London and Manhattan indicate that they are selling "cultured pearls," sell them for much less than the price of "real" Orientals.* In Japan spry Grandpa Mikimoto, 75, is the undisputed "Pearl King," purveys Mikimoto pearls to the Imperial Court. Speaking only Japanese and proud of his eccentricities, Pearl King Mikimoto loves to fete Occidental visitors to his pearl farm. First they are given baskets of Mikimoto oysters. Next Mikimoto minions open each guest's oysters, extract the pearls and present them to the guests, throw the oyster meat and shells away. Pearl King Mikimoto...
...Jarrolds were not an aristocratic family, but that had not prevented them from running to seed, and in only two generations. Best of the lot, and favorite of old Grandpa Jarrold, was his widowed daughter-in-law, Evelyn. She enjoyed her position, her wealth, her adored son Dan's adoration-even her widowhood, until she met Miles Vane-Merrick. Miles was an aristocratic but land-poor farmer, an Old Etonian but intelligent and unconventional, Member of Parliament but a Laborite. And he fell in love with her though he was young enough to be her nephew. Conventional as only...