Word: plebians
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...possibly do in his spare hours and week-ends? Must he sit around his room all the time reading books? Or, if he wishes a little exercise, must he WALK to Soldiers field? If he wants to go to a show in Boston must he patronize the plebian subway? Really...
Over the entry of Kirkland House is the coat-of-arms of the Kirkland family. The conspicuous feature of it are the three large stars, which remind the beholder of the more plebian but more renowned ensignia of another illustrious family. Some irreverend spirits have even gone so far as to refer to "Hennes essey House". This jaunty tale symbolizes the democratic spirit of Kirkland, which has less of the boarding school and social elements represented than the other Houses. It has been considered by many as a social desert and a stigma has been attached to its name. This...
...France, wine-tasters sip wines, let their tongues tell them whether the fluid is bound for a plebian carafe or a gentleman's cellar. Were it not for whiskey-tasters England's famed blenders would be unable to produce a uniformly good product year in, year out. On equally skilled men depends the fact that all vermilion dyes are uniform, that azure satins are azure. But foibles of the color-matcher's eyes, which tire quickly, make them expensive to their employers...
...vivacious wife. After talking with them, Frau Stresemann, who knows little (and does not claim to know anything) of British politics, confided to a German friend that she 'quite hoped" dear Lady Mosley's husband was going to be made Prime Minister then and there instead of plebian Mr. MacDonald...
...last H.R.H. plumped full into a taxi and the driver started to argue. Next day all Bucharest knew that Royalty had knocked the plebian down, kicked him below the belt and had then departed, leaving others to carry the driver to a hospital. So disturbing to Rumania's politics was this scandal that the Government provided Prince Nicholas with a special horn, at the sound of which all other motorists must now give way, as to a fire engine.* Since then H.R.H. has had no more motoring accidents. But the scandal has not subsided, and last week Lupta...