Word: mother
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Mrs. Murphy, 75, of Manhattan, dowager hippopotamus of the Central Park zoo, first of her species to enter the U. S. (1880), relict of Caliph I, mother of Caliph II; of indigestion and senility; in Manhattan. Her teeth and appetite had worn away. Her last meal was a meagre 60 Ibs. of chopped hay, 30 qts. of mash...
Elinor Smith, 17, world's female endurance flight champion, lying abed recuperating from 26 hours in air (see p. 53), announced that her next feat would be a solo flight from New York to Rome. Said Mrs. Agnes Smith, her mother: "Try and stop...
Anne Morrow, with her mother and sister Elizabeth, last week headed home towards Englewood, N. J., from Mexico. At Houston, Tex., she resisted newsmen with her fiance's phrase: "I have nothing to say." Said Sister Elizabeth: "One of the things which helped Col. Lindbergh to his fame was his silence on personal affairs...
...Svacha takes off bridal veil and replaces it with kika (headdress of married woman). Father of bride gives away his daughter. Mother of bride leads her daughter to groom's parents. Father of bride strikes bride with whip (ancient ritual, symbol of submission) and then passes whip to groom. Girls and bride dance to ancient folk-song-the whole company becomes increasingly intoxicated. All dance a ronde and sing, while a man and his wife from among the guests enter the bed to warm it with the heat of their bodies. Drushka and Svacha bring dishes of food...
...youngest of big-university presidents was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., of a mother who was graduated at Mt. Holyoke and a father who is now President of Berea College (Kentucky). Education has be come a Hutchins family tradition. The Youngest President's brother, Francis, 26, is head of Yale-in-China; another brother, William, teaches at the Westminster School, Simsbury, Conn...