Word: stilles
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Count Ludwig Constantin Salm of Austria married Standard Oil Heiress Millicent Rogers in 1924, he was so broke that she had to buy the wedding ring. Last week, still broke and now divorced, he filed a petition in New York Supreme Court to have their 14-year-old son, Peter Salm, support him ($20,000 a year for himself, $10,000 a year for the expense of having his son visit, $35,000 for counsel fees). Reason: "It is the duty of a child possessing wealth to support a parent without funds...
...came news that after a year and a half of marriage to his American-born Duchess, the Duke of Windsor now calls a dinner jacket a "tux," a wireless a "radio," occasionally emits the word "cute." But he still says "we" when he means himself, still insists that all their friends refer to his wife as "Her Royal Highness." (Their proposed visit to England in March has been indefinitely postponed because of the dispute over her title.) The Duchess he addresses as "My Darling," sometimes "Sweet...
...pulleys opening and closing its jaws, one to shoot steam from its mouth, one to shout its music through a megaphone backstage, an assistant conductor watching for the conductor's beat through a peephole, a prompter speaking the dragon's words from the score. It is still only a papier-mache dragon...
...Union or provisions by the University have been made to boost the retirement income of low-wage employees. Suzie's case is therefore far more desperate than Jenny's. Obviously Suzie can not take much more out of her present wages to contribute to the Pension Plan and still keep her financial nose above water. Yet it stands to reason that she should receive something near the $35 income which is guaranteed to waitresses outside educational institutions and who are legally included in the Government's Social Security Program. Hence the University should step in and make a concerted effort...
...always seen in the movies. He knew exactly what to do, for the scene had been rehearsed in his mind a thousand times before. Her baggage must be torn from her small hands and lifted to the rack above. Helplessly, Vag watched the red-cap go through the motions. Still, there was hope. The girl had turned her blue eyes to the pages of a book, and then Vag saw his chance. She was cramming desperately for an exam, and if it were only in his field, or even English 35, he would throw his C minus brain...