Word: proprietress
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...enough, but the rumor was strong that the soprano announced to sing the Countess in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro would be replaced by no one less than Mme. Ganna Walska, who has sat resplendently in a box at every performance. It is said she has become the proprietress of the company by way of using it as a vehicle for her greatly desired and delayed debut. But Mme. Walska did not sing. The explanation was given that she gracefully withdrew her intention so that the soprano first announced might make her debut. However, it was promised-still...
...Chicago, an Italian dance hall proprietress was arrested because she sought to arrange a dance for a " wallflower" by pointing a pistol at a stag and saying: " Dance with that redhead or I'll kill...
Mark Kent, as Jerry, the "gent", and Houston Richards as a dope field got the most out of picturesque parts. As the proprietress of a low-life Chinese pleasure palace, Miss Roach by her gestures and pronunciation added color to a colorful characterization...
...HomansMiss Medusa, proprietress of Primrose Hall - prim, starch, and stately, and easily embarrassed...