Word: mothers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...handsome, strong of voice and character, Mrs. Leiter may be said to dominate Washington society. Born Juliette Williams of Washington, she married Capitalist Joseph Leiter of Chicago in 1908. Her mother, a Mrs. John R. Williams, whom she is said to resemble, still conducts a prosperous Washington realty business, specializing in bachelor apartments with nautical names such as "Anchorage," "Galleon," "Moorings," "Armada." * Mrs. Pearcy F. Eames of Manhattan and Mrs. E. S. Rochester of Washington. * For a description of how the U. S. Chamber's referendum on tax-cutting was taken in at least one city, see LETTERS...
...tried to serve them decent liquor and square games. But I'm not appreciated. It's no use. "I've got some property in St. Petersburg I want to sell. It's warm there, but not too warm. . . . "My wife and my mother hear so much about what a terrible criminal I am. It's getting too much for them and I'm just sick of it all myself. . . . Today I got a letter from a woman in England. Even over there I'm known as a gorilla.† She offered...
...confesses her paying to save his life. The able direction of one-time newspaperman Monta Bell, the able performances of Actor Gilbert and of Actress Eagels, make it possible to forgive certain weaknesses in the story. The weakness of the conclusion in which Mr. Gilbert wobbles off with his mother (adequately played by Gladys Brockwell) can be largely forgiven because its frailty is not due to an abortive attempt to satisfy the unsophisticated appetite for rose petals and wedding bells at every story...
Brass Buttons. Beneath the broad blue bosom of a Manhattan cop an honest heart goes thumping through this play. He rescues Rosie Moore from suicide. Thump, thump. She becomes a mother, poor unmarried lass. Thump. The cop finds her betrayer. Thump, he smites him on the jaw. He marries Rosie. Thump, thump, thump. The acting seldom has a chance. Experienced playgoers waiting to be stirred went through the evening, thumpless...
...During the game," said Col. Forbes, "Ned McLean announced that Jack Johnson, the prize fighter, was to be discharged from the Federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, and either Ned or Albert Lasker exclaimed, 'Why, his old mother used to work for me and he has a fine of $1000 hanging over him and can't pay it.' Ned McLean said: 'Albert, I'll give $500 and you give $500 and we will pay his fine.' The President spoke up: 'Don't let that worry you: I'll remit the fine,' and the game went...