Word: subalterns
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...fame of others-even of her husband. In the rarefied atmosphere at SHAPE she has seen no reason to be anybody but the same Mamie Eisenhower who was a belle in Denver (everyone said she really looked a lot like Lillian Gish), the wife of an obscure young subaltern in the 1920s (she still plays piano by ear at parties, as she did in the old garrison days), and a woman who has always managed to bridge the years with old friends. At 55, her figure is still good; she stands about 5 ft. 4 in., and her weight...
There is Churchill, "the naughtiest little boy in the whole world," whose instructors could only keep him quiet by racing him around full tilt all through recesses. There is Churchill, the young subaltern in India, flashing a wicked polo style "like a man thrashing at a cobra with a riding crop." There is Churchill, the captured war correspondent, breaking out of a Boer prison camp with four chocolate bars, and trekking 300 miles to the British lines and the world's headlines. There is Churchill the Conservative and Churchill the Liberal, and Churchill the World War I battalion commander...
...must have been a very large bottle," remarked a subaltern...
...said the subaltern, abashed, "then no doubt it was a very small...
...American reporters who would like to know what his breeding plans are for Whirlaway, Boussac will politely lift his hat, smilingly extend his hand in greeting. A subaltern will whisper, "M. Boussac thinks you have just paid him a compliment." No matter how well the reporter speaks French, the interview is closed. Four or five years hence, M. Boussac may supply the answer on French, British and possibly U.S. racetracks...