Word: sitterly
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...Returning from a fishing trip that summer, Shoemaker stopped one night at a dance hall which reeked of Wartime spirit. Bunting and flags aroused his ire to such an extent that he refused to stand up when "The Star-spangled Banner" was played. The crowd, observing the lone sitter, moved toward him in mass formation, growling, ugly, threatening...
...Dowager Empress Tzu Hsi (meaning Compassionate and Fortunate), was the last great sitter on China's Dragon Throne. Born into a noble clan still well-known in Peiping, she was chosen for the household of a dissolute Emperor, wangled herself up from fourth to second rank and produced his only son, a feat in itself. A slim little woman with lively black eyes, an implacable fury when crossed, otherwise fond of argument, company and flowers, she effectively ruled China from 1861 when she was 27 until her death in 1908. a chagrined old crone of 74. She engineered three...
...Emmet Rand who was engaged last summer to paint the official portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to be left hanging in the White House after his departure. In Washington and Hyde Park, Mrs. Rand did her job. Said she: "The President was a very good subject, a very willing sitter. All told we had about eight sittings. . . . Sometimes he received callers during the sittings, but I liked that. It made for a more natural expression. He was really very patient about it." As originally painted the portrait bore the famed Roosevelt smile. The President would have none of it, demanded...
...famed painter of beauteous women, had called him "the most remarkable man in the House of Commons" and wanted to do his portrait. Protested he: "I've never had my portrait painted, I might not like it, or, which would be worse, I might not be a good sitter. He might make me too like myself...
...office, sometimes three times as much from speculators. One man saw it four times. Each time he bought a seat in a box, turned his back on the stage as soon as the curtain went up. Despite this antic, which seemed eccentric to other spectators, the four-time box-sitter meant much more money in the end to Funnyman Wynn than anyone else in the house. For by keeping his ears open, he decided that Ed Wynn was comical even if people could only hear his lisping voice and silly laugh, could not see his plump figure, his idiotic smile...