Word: spinsterism
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...play in which David Belasco presented Frances Starr was the basis for this film play. The interest is shifted to focus on the leading man capably played by Richard Barthlemess. He is a member of the U. S. Navy who makes the acquaintance, one day on leave, of a spinster seamstress. She falls in love with him. He promises to come back to her and eventually does. The U. S. Navy in person assisted in the filming of many scenes. "Cripes" and "spigotty" are givtn as U. S. sailor talk. The net entertainment profit is very...
...selfish reaction to this jog. Thunderheads follow clouds, each basker lying to himself about his selfish reaction. A storm bursts, with rumblings of anger, shaft of malice, gales of recrimination, deluges of tears. The sun reappears when, for a motive of her own, a delicious minor character-the spinster sister of the durable male friend -shoehorns some one else into the host's desirable London position. As basking is resumed, it is observed that "every quarrel, however trivial, contains all the quarrels that are older than the hills...
...should young women graduating from college be given the degree of Bachelor of arts, science, housekeeping, and what not? An editorial in the New York Times suggests the degree of Spinster of dentistry, architecture, and all the other subjects which women now feel it necessary to pursue. Here is a subject to which the Lucy Stone League might well devote a few spare moments, instead of trying to preserve the maiden names of married ladies against the machinations of cruel passport officers...
...spite of the well-intentioned efforts of the New York Times, however, one suspects that militant feminists will not rush to demand the degree of Spinster of arts. The Bachelor label is of approved standing, and conveys definite significance. Without it, how could women ever be sure that they had been really educated? Even with this label, some of them must have their doubts...
Miss Alice Brown has just written a short novel,* announced as a story about a New England spinster who suddenly becomes interested in murder. She thinks most detectives stupid, she loudly affirms that if she were a murderer she could cover her tracks far more successfully than those who wend their devious ways through the pages of detective stories. Presently she finds herself accused of murder. What a nice idea it is, to be sure...