Word: matronly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Most amazing figure in Red Málaga, and she was retained by the Whites as matron of the jail, is black Florence. "Never you mind what is my husband's name," she told correspondents. "My name is Florence and he is a nice Portuguese." "Are you Red, Florence?" "No, sir, I am black and I don't do no dabbling in politics...
...Crowning absurdity in British interference with freedom of the Press came last week when London newsdealers refused to handle the Christmas number of Esquire. Reason: it contains a dreary piece of pseudo-satire entitled "POPULAR YOUNG MATRON-Mr. Simpson's Daughter Only Proved the Generalization That Stupidity Is No Handicap to a Proper Woman." No character in this piece of obviously pure fiction remotely resembles anyone appertaining to the King's Mrs. Simpson...
...Pinked the cheeks of a matron at Ponty-pool Junior Instruction Center by commenting with a chuckle on the fact that the Boys' Carpentry shops are separate from the Girls' Domestic Science kitchen, "Oh, I see, you want to keep their minds on their work...
Here Powell meets the family--Alice Brady, who turned in an excellent characterization of a scatter-brained society matron; Gail Patrick, a rather unpleasant older sister; and Eugene Pallete, the harassed father. You may not find an ounce of sense in this picture, but you'll enjoy it thoroughly...
...privilege of having them, children may go, unaccompanied by adults, up to 6 p. m. during school months, up to 7 p. m. in the summer. Ushers will direct them to a special section near the screen where children, unlike adults, prefer to sit. A qualified matron, licensed by the city, will see to it that they sit in their own section, behave properly while there...