Word: matronly
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...Charles Andrews Munroe, 71, retired midwest utilitycoon and international-setter. Almost immediately the item withered. Mrs. Vanderbilt and Son Cornelius Jr., quoted by the World-Telegram: ". . . too silly for words." Mrs. Vanderbilt, quoted by Post Columnist Earl Wilson: "It's all nonsense!" Mrs. Morin Hare, supposed matron-of-honor-to-be, to reporters: "It's fantastic . . . ridiculous . . . an outrage . . ." Mrs. Hare added: "We're taking her up to Newport...
Only two months ago he rang doorbells in Los Angeles. One matron complained that a competitor's soap wouldn't suds-up properly. Luckman, who thought it a good soap, challenged this. So he was hauled into the kitchen, made to roll up his sleeves and find out for himself. The woman was right. Her parting crack: "Young man, you have a lot to learn about the soap business...
Since the end of gas rationing, Harvard pedestrians have protested their traditional role as fair game for Cambridge drivers. Once again the old cartoon of the staid Brahmin matron squatting for a running start across the Square touches sympathetic notes among the local sidewalk gentry. Professor William Yandell Elliott's prewar guess that no battle could be quite so dangerous as crossing Harvard Square during rush hour did not consider the possibilities of the Atom Bomb, but the analogy is still too close for comfort...
...diseases go, German measles (rubella) is pipsqueak stuff. The rash fades quickly, rarely lasts longer than three days. But last week, Dr. Murray H. Bass of Manhattan had some things to say about German measles which sent many a matron scurrying to her medical books for symptoms (mild fever, spots...
...line in the Red Room of the White House. She greeted all 400 guests with enthusiasm, fumbled nary a name. Introductions over, she worked hard to keep everybody milling in the huge state dining room while a red-coated Marine band played familiar airs. There were high points. A matron squeaked: "My hero!" at the sight of Admiral William D. Leahy; a Texas colonel called Mrs. Tom Connally "Honey," and dozens craned to see Ike Eisenhower...