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...Charles Ficklin gets $4,745; his brother, First Butler John Ficklin, $3,575. They, the second butler and two other butlers, two housekeepers, five housemen and eight maids, must keep track of 2,200 pieces of table linen, 2,427 of glassware, 10,114 of chinaware, 6,201 of silverware, 2,630 of furniture, to say nothing of lamps, rugs, draperies, portraits, blankets and assorted bric-a-brac...
...James A. Linen...
...mission society, he found a fine headquarters site near Ossining, N.Y., but there was some prejudice in those parts against Catholic organizations. Mary Rogers suddenly became a wealthy young Bostonian looking for a country place. Her goggled chauffeur accompanied her to the negotiations with hardly a word; beneath his linen duster was a clerical collar. After the transaction was completed, she transferred the deed to Chauffeur Walsh in consideration of $1. Mary Rogers, and five other women who had come to help the Maryknoll Fathers,* began by calling themselves "Teresians" because of their devotion to St. Teresa. By 1920 they...
...Carpenters and stagehands check in. Others have already hung all the drops (painted linen) in proper order, ready to be lifted or lowered. The newcomers go to work on the first-scene set, Faust's study...
...James A. Linen...