Word: tomboys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...though afraid it might bounce back and hit him. As for Ethel Merman, if she is a little less than kin to Du Barry, she is more than kind-makes her, in fact, the most likable royal trollop that ever pranced behind footlights. More of an 18th-Century tomboy than a glamor girl, Merman booms and torches away in her train-announcer's contralto, jouncing her personality all over the stage, giving the King the oo-la-lahr, then (in a glorious whirlwind finish) snapping back to Broadway to sing Friendship and Katie Went to Haiti...
...told Adet and Anor to write some diary. Soon they began to write and it became very good, so Father told them that maybe it can be published." A Chinese equivalent of the Abbe children's travel diaries, Our Family is more charming, thanks to the contributions of tomboy Anor. Anor's family and travel observations, her Rats and Mice at Home, and the tales her Chinese nurse told her are shrewd, imaginative, lively, at least partly support Pearl Buck's statement that "I should not be surprised one day to see an actual genius declare itself...
...throws on U. S. culture before and after the Civil War. Viewing Louisa Alcott as a writer of great native powers, and Little Women as a work of genuine social and literary influence, Miss Anthony with gentle strokes traces Louisa Alcott's progress from a high-spirited tomboy to a hardworking old maid. The impression of a frustrated and unhappy life is communicated almost in spite of her efforts. In Louisa's revolt against her father's unpracticality, she set herself to make money. She got her money and her popular success but none of the intellectual...
...eldest daughter, Helen. In the ensuing royal houseparty to bring the nervous pair together, this well-laid plan went sadly agley. Helen was mightily pleased with Franzi, but Franzi had no eyes for anyone but Helen's younger sister, 15-year-old Sisi. Sisi was a tomboy, but so pretty she made Helen appear a gawk. Franzi fell in love with her at sight, and for keeps. The scheming mothers put the best face on the matter they could, but Sophie could never forgive -her daughter-in-law-elect. To Son Franz Joseph she said: "Sisi is very nice...
...private shaking his wiser head. When his lost love's daughters descended on him for an indefinite visit, Mr. Donkin's position was further complicated, for two of the girls were old and pretty enough to set adolescent boys on their ears; the third was a tomboy tare who always fell on good ground. All meant well by Mr. Donkin, whom they adored, but their good intentions merely paved the way for his high-principled enemy's attack...