Word: henriettas
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...most famed being that of 1866 when he took the null schooner Henrietta across in 13 days, 21 hours...
...divorced mother and once-divorced father of her interesting condition, Father cries "Harlot!", Mother cries "Why didn't you tell me?" Only the dowager Mrs. Poole will accept erring granddaughter, riveting grandson-to-be, but Mrs. Poole's acceptance, one presumes, is sufficient for Manhattan. The veteran Henrietta Crosman does the fussbudgetty dowager and is featured in the play, but another saved the night. She is Rose Hobart...
Action follows in the wake of the Mond pilgrimages. As every Britisher knows. Father Ludwig Mond had come to England from Germany with 40,000 marks, a device for making and bottling soda-water, and infinite faith. That faith was somewhat tremulously shared by Fraulein Henrietta Herz, daughter of Father Ludwig's German landlady, who had loaned him her small capital. As a speculative venture, the loan was one of the most successful in history. Fraulein Herz lived to be repaid 200% each year on her advance. Father Ludwig lived to see his British factory a spectacular success...
...entailed in making themselves appropriately presentable; and those who enjoy seeing simple-minded, timid, young gentlemen involving themselves with innocent but ardent young ladies, saving the day finally through sheer dumbness, acquiring a few millions for themselves into the bargain, should go to see Bronson Howard's "The New Henrietta", at the Repertory Theatre this week...
...tries to ruin him after having been handed a profitable business by old Nick and that said son-in-law gets into difficulties with another lady furnishes the background for the plot of the play. The action and the humor of the play are centered around "Henrietta," of whom there turn out to be three. On the whole, though the play is not uproarious from start to finish. It is amusing and there is plenty of action and much laughter to be had, especially in the third...