Word: maides
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There will be no common rooms of any sort, all space being used for rooms. The Freshmen will be given wood lockers in the basement such as are supplied in the new Houses. The basements will contain rooms set aside for furniture storage, a maid's room, and a room for the janitor...
...good doctor neglects to include the real killer among his suspects. As a result, while the party is witnessing the re-enacting of the crime and being subjected to various guilt-detecting machines, quite a few people are slain. The play includes, of course, one lunatic, one scary maid, two lovers. Doctor X is not a first-rate mystery drama, but it frightens at times...
...feeling rather shy and hesitant," she wrote, describing her approach to the Samuel Untermyer estate at Palm Springs, Calif., where she knew her quarry was a guest. Reporterwise, Mrs. Patterson noted the "Swedish maid," the "English girl secretary," the "German man secretary," and the "Italian-looking butler" who showed her up "a very steep and rocky, winding trail between the rocks...
...some months prior had tactfully smuggled out from a party two newly-engaged guests who were giving themselves away in front of a concealed microphone (TIME, Mar. 3). Other Wodehouse items: A Damsel in Distress, Fish Preferred, The Inimitable Jeeves, Leave it to Psmith, Three Men and a Maid, Mr. Mulliner Speaking...
...thunder and most of the comedy is stolen from the leading man and woman, by the maid-of-all-work and one who is billed as Cool Kelly. Practically everything either of these touches turns to laughter, partially the result of their being given good lines and equally the result of their natural comedy gifts...