Word: matronly
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...Fridge. Vanessa's problems are of a different sort?though on the surface no problems are apparent. She rents a modest stucco house in a pleasant but not palatial suburb of Los Angeles, and except for her daily visits to the studio lives there like any other matron of reasonable means with her two children, their nanny and her secretary. She gets home by 7 or 8, gives a big hug to her two little girls?Natasha, 3½, and Joely Kim, 2. Then she hears all about what they did that day, reads them a leisurely bedtime story, puts...
Swelling the Inventory. To combat the perennial returnee, department stores have developed a variety of ploys. One Philadelphia matron who tried to bring back a sexy nightgown that her husband had given her was told in detail by an artful clerk of the care her husband had taken in selecting it. "After all," cooed the clerk, "isn't it better for you to have it than some other woman?" The lady kept the gown...
...Mother never cooked anything that wasn't in a can or a container, and all she had to do was warm it up," says exurban New York Matron Maria Cunningham, 31. Not Maria. Veal, lamb and chicken are her favorites, and she and her husband like Julia's recipes for saute de veau Marengo, gigot de pre-sale roti a la moutarde, and supreme de volatile aux champignons, which they served recently at a dinner for 22. Says Maria: "The only thing that made it possible is that Julia tells all the things you can do in advance...
...finest investment in the world," says Washington Society Matron Margot Hahn. "You can't do anything in Washington without one-it's my dearest possession...
...Melina plays up the purple of her role as a sort of sick Samaritan. "How do you stond dee pain?" she wheezes, speaking of life itself. "Geev me a dhrink, Paul." But liquor is the least of her problems. Voyeurism and incipient lesbianism are enough to make any young matron restive...