Word: subaltern
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...find the play very interesting," said His Majesty as the second act curtain fell on Subaltern Raleigh sobbing hysterically on his bunk, "and I am looking forward to seeing what happens in the next...
...these, a subaltern, loved Lois- genuinely; but not pugnaciously enough to defy her aunt's disapproval: he had neither riches nor pride of family, his relatives lived vaguely in Surrey, and that, thought Aunt Myra, would never do. Lois, for her part, loved, but did not bestir herself to contradict her aunt. When a few days later the subaltern, on patrol, was shot from ambush, Aunt Myra thought it sad, and continued her teas. Lois pondered, to no avail, and went abroad to get on with her French. But that was their last bland September; by the next, revolutionary...
Married. Miss Rosemary Ames, daughter of Knowlton L. ("Snake") Ames (Booth Fisheries, American Steel Foundries, Chicago Journal of Commerce, etc., etc.), of Chicago; to Ogden Ketting, subaltern of Public Utility Magnate Samuel Insull, in Chicago. Samuel Insull Jr. functioned as best...
...ukelele on his arm into the saloon car occupied by South African newsgatherers. "In five minutes he had the whole crowd going at the top of its form. It was like a scene in the anteroom of an officers' mess after dinner on guest-night with the senior subaltern as master of ceremonies. Every eye was on the Prince, every face smiling, some with sheer de light, others with wonder...
...Daily Herald, Laborite organ, calls the subaltern's action " an exhibition of militarism...