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...Martha is the matriarch of a dynasty of daughters and sons. "I was a fast-breedin' woman," she says with dignity. One daughter, Adrenna, was "shingle-butted, but what there was of butt stuck out sharply. She was a femme fatale. . . ." She could seduce any man she wanted. "I'se always taught my girls," said Aunt Martha, "to mind they manners with the men. But I'se told 'em too, does you do wrong, now mind, does you, and you gets kotched-be lady enough to bring the child into the world...
Except for 90-year-old America, matriarch of U.S. racing yachts, no U.S. racing boat is more beloved by U.S. yachtsmen than the three-masted schooner Atlantic. On any yacht-club veranda, mention of her name unwinds a reel of yarns...
...attractive qualities-the one which appeals most to Mexicans -is his greatness as a family man. Avila Camacho has very little if any Indian blood, and among white Mexicans family means two things, mother and food. Manuel's late mother, Eufrosina, was a prodigious little woman. She was matriarch of the whole town of Teziutlan, and peasants for miles around took their troubles and sicknesses to Mama Camacho. She promoted the district's excellent school...
Birthday. Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, Hyde Park matriarch who once wrote a book titled My Boy Franklin; her 86th...
Farm of Three Echoes (by Noel Langley; produced by Victor Payne-Jennings in association with Arthur Hopkins). After a great success as a 101-year-old matriarch in Whiteoaks, Ethel Barrymore returned to Broadway last week as a mere chick of 97. At 97, of course, people can do a great many things that would be unseemly at 101, and Actress Barrymore proceeds to do them...