Word: marchesas
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...Natalie Hall, Mme Jeritza escaped being a Venetian noblewoman of 1934 who thinks better of spurning a commoner when, in a flashback, she impersonates her own fisher maiden ancestor in 1770 wooing and winning the Duke of Orsano. She also escaped having the following appeal addressed to her: "Ah, Marchesa, wouldn't it be divine if we both went nuts together under a Venetian moon...
...embroidered frock coat, sword, trousers with gold stripes, decorations, hat like an admiral's only much gayer. It was an Italian holiday, newly named Lateran Treaty Day. Crowds thronged the Tiber's banks. Honored _ guests at the Vatican included Camilla Ratti, sister and nearest relative to the Pope, and Marchesa Maria Luisa Persichetti-Ugolini, the Pope's favorite niece, who named her daughter Maria Rio Pia in her uncle's honor. Bustling about was Monsignor Camillo Caccia-Dominioni, Master of the Papal Household, favorite secretary of Pius XI. Plump, jolly, much-loved for his virtues, Master Caccia-Dominioni arranges papal...
...with the valuables in his possession, fancies him, internes him in her bedroom until, two acts later, it develops that he is not the thief at all. He is just the insurance company's detective, sent to catch Miss MacKellar's husband who, in league with the marchesa, has been pilfering gems from the entire neighborhood. Helen MacKellar is the first star to make her bow with the new season. Pretty, blonde, possessed of a graciousness akin to that of Ina Claire, she does her best with the meagre opportunities Through The Night offer her. More impressive vehicles...
...Born. To Marchesa Maria Luisa Persichetti Ugolini, niece of Pope Pius XI; a daughter, Maria Rio Pia. His Holiness sent his majordomo with blessings for his grandniece and namesake...
...Marchesa Marconi, wife of the Marchese Guglielmo Marconi, told of entering a room where her husband was conducting radio experiments. "My husband kissed me. I saw sparks leaping from his body and felt that I was burned under the right eye. That's the result of marrying a man who is always meddling with radio and electricity...