Word: matrons
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...thought it, but surely French, the common property of polite peoples of all nations, was not beyond his ken. He fairly exuded French colloquialisms when he went to see "La Grande Mare". In this linguistic workout he had a lead on his immediate neighbors at the theatre, a portly matron from Melrose (she came to be enraptured of M. Chevalier) and the student from Boston Latin (he, to see la belle Mlle. Colbert), since he had seen the English version first. And thank the good Lord he had. At least he knew where and when to laugh, and just...
Also "a portly looking matron from whose well upholstered bosom protrudes at frequent intervals the inquiring head of a yellow-billed duck that . . . utters a contemptuous 'quack' and disappears...
...midwest university town, demonstrating that Main Street has as many civilized perplexities as Park Avenue. It has to do with the appearance of a distinguished Canadian doctor (Herbert Marshall) at the university as a summer lecturer. He resides at the home of a childless, exquisite, subtly dissatisfied young matron (Zita Johann). He perceives that she is "an artist without an art," and, more particularly, a woman without a child. He recommends that she adopt one. But they become lovers and, when the doctor leaves for a pilgrimage to Europe, his hostess is pregnant...
...supper hour, by candlelight, two hours before the evening carillon-curfew, the Commons Scholar from Oxford will recite a parody of 'Hiawatha' by Lewis Carroll, and other esoteric nonsense-verse. The Dunster House Matron of Morsels will entertain as black-face comedienne, in her inimitable interpretations of 'mammy' songs. By popular request the Senior Tutor will cast aside academic dignity as a concession to the holiday season, and sing that famous and lachrymose lyric of the frigid Forties, entitled 'Father's a Drunkard and Mother's Dead, or Poor Little Bessie's Plea for Bread...
Dream Waltz of a Newark matron (Mrs. Edna R. Passapae) and a Brooklyn dance-master (A. J. Weber) was adopted as the official waltz of the year, demonstrated by President Sheehy and his daughter Katherine. Tempo is slower than the famed Boston Waltz, the steps are long and combine waltz, hesitation and running movements. ''Long dresses," declared Matron Passapae, "are bringing back the waltz because its gliding smooth steps are the ones that look best for young women in the new attire...