Word: mama
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Leopold. Irrepressibles recalled last week a sentence written by Prince Leopold in his diary at the age of nine: "This morning I met mama near the library. Now I am happy. I have kissed her as much as I could...
Sparrows. Mary Pickford is back in one of her twelve-year-old ragamuffin roles. This time she is little "Mama Mollie," that maternal wisp of a girl who battles for a tribe of smudgy-faced, curly-haired, innocent-eyed orphans against the cruelty of one Grimes, keeper of a baby farm in ' the swampy southlands. Mr. Grimes has a half-witted wife, and belongs to the Charles Dickens-school of characters...
...Knight. I shall have much pleasure in giving you the order, and that your going over to Dublin to be installed there should be the occasion for your going there, and not the races, which should only come in as an incident. ..." Edward's Reply: "My dear Mama: Many thanks for your letter, which I was unable to answer yesterday, and I am very glad that you approve my going to Ireland next month. . . . But I am very anxious, dear Mama, that you should fully understand that I do not go there at all for my amusement...
...Dearest Mama: ... I am always most anxious to meet your wishes in every respect, and always regret if we are not quite cf accord...
...Mama Loves Papa. A wobbly little comedy about marriage appeared under this awkward title and was not very fervently applauded. The two young things of the title phrase stumbled innocently and separately into a wicked cocktail party in the city. It took two acts of explanation to restore them to each other's arms. The presence in the cast of John E. Hazzard, bibulous and bald comedian, was often helpful...