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Word: householders (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week "Lala" was greatly promoted, greatly rewarded. She succeeded Miss Clark as housekeeper of Buckingham Palace. Miss Clark was pensioned. "Lala" or Mrs. Bill, as she is more formally known, received the keys of the household majestically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: Lala | 3/22/1926 | See Source »

Great are the dangers of habitual constipation-leading often to autointoxication, intestinal ulcers and even cancer (TIME, Dec. 7). Great too are the dangers of laxatives, purgatives and cathartics.* On the household medicine shelf is the array of epsom salts, castor oil and compound cathartic pills or their masked coordinates. The housewife has learned from a long chain of gossips to use these whenever any of her progeny complain of stomach ache, and as a rule she is safe in their use, for the really serious stomach and intestinal disorders are comparatively rare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cathartics | 3/22/1926 | See Source »

...pivot, Mrs. Craig, is the familiar type of woman who worships meticulously at the shrine of her Lares and Penotes. These household gods are her all, and it follows that she spends at least a third of her rather selfish life in preserving the domestic perfection of every absurd detail. The author, by taking a small, self-centered soul and depicting its fussy quirks with well-seasoned finesse, has converted her into an entertaining dramatic study...

Author: By Edumnd K. Rice, | Title: Printing Shop and Stage | 3/13/1926 | See Source »

...having seen the worst half of "His People" first, and the first part last, we found it a tolerably dull production. From advance notices, we know that others in better authority caught the thrill of this little Jewish household and admired the skill of Rudolph Schildekraut in the leading part. Mr. Schildekraut's work was always effective, but the direction is not equal to the task of stressing one character. We are thinking now of "The Last Laugh" in which everything was subordinated to the person of Emile Jannings in the guise of an old wash-room attendant. Director Murnan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 2/25/1926 | See Source »

...ancient taste for art confined to princely personages. That it was widespread among the people appears from the artistic character of armor, statuettes, costumes, coiffures, furniture, and household utensils, such as goblets, dishes, knives, and weights...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Semitic Museum Is Rich in Biblical Matter | 1/29/1926 | See Source »

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