Word: spinsterism
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...LIFE AND MIND OF EMILY DICKINSON-Genevieve Taggard-Knopf ($4). Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, foremost woman poet of her country, wrote thousands of poems, never published one during her lifetime. Since her death (1886) her poetry and the secrets of her spinster life have gradually been coming to light...
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...Villers-sur-Marne, France, Leonie Lebsche, deceased spinster, left $6,000, the income of which is to be given to young married women who promise to raise French families...
Miss Bell, middle-aged spinster, Rine-hart-earmarked by common-sense and coolness, presided over a comfortable and well-run household. One evening as she sat in the living room after dinner she saw reflected in the mirror the feet of a man on the hall staircase. In spite of her coolness and common sense, the burglar got away. Soon after came the first murder. It was followed by two more, by three murderous assaults, one suicide. Author Rinehart knows well how to build up complications, weight the story with suspense, illuminate it with sudden flashes of climax that leave...
...being shot or locked up, stimulates rather than hinders the humor. Best shots: an unnamed player as a frightened waiter who is ordered by his employer to make a noise like a cat when addressing a patron who is supposed to be crazy; Haines selling bonds to a spinster...