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Descriptions vary widely, from a "tall brunette," a "blonde with green eyes," a "red-head with green eyes," to a "milkmaid." One writer, to clear up any misconceptions, said coyly in the middle of a letter, "I'm a girl, of course...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gals From South Bombard Harvard With Fan Letters | 3/21/1939 | See Source »

Celebrating what she called her 46th* birthday with a jolly, jampacked jubilee in Los Angeles' Angelus Temple, Evangelist Aimee ("Dear Sister") Semple McPherson romped out in front of her congregation appropriately dressed as a milkmaid, carrying a glistening pail brimful of milk. Pals and paid hands on the stage were treated to drinks. When the pail was empty, Sister Aimee began to sing (see cut), then took up a collection, dumped it in the pail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 24, 1938 | 10/24/1938 | See Source »

Died. Clara Butt, 62, onetime milkmaid who became Great Britain's most popular contralto and a Dame Commander of the British Empire; after a long illness; in Oxford, England. Six feet, three inches tall and equipped with a voice so powerful that neither Albert Hall's organ nor the Coldstream Guards could drown her notes,, she was a favorite with royalty, performing many times before Queen Victoria, Edward VII, George...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 3, 1936 | 2/3/1936 | See Source »

...Champion milkmaid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUSBANDRY: Dairy Show | 10/26/1931 | See Source »

...outfitted in the costumes of 1881. For those who prefer emasculated albeit musical Gilbert & Sullivan to no Gilbert & Sullivan, the production will serve. The plot, as all should know, satirizes Oscar Wildian esthetics, which it quite drove out of business. Precious Poet Bunthorne captivates 20 lovesick maidens but not milkmaid Patience, whose true love is a simpler fellow, Poet Grosvenor. Her example sends the love-sick maidens to the arms of robust Dragoons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Play in Manhattan: Jun. 6, 1927 | 6/6/1927 | See Source »

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