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...notion that the calory demand of the brain is proportionate to its labor, is false. An oyster cracker or a half-peanut would sustain Albert Einstein's brain while doing intensive work on his field equations for one hour, the same number of calories would furnish a parlor maid only energy enough to dust a desk for five minutes...
...heart with his own revolver which he clutches in his hand. It is apparently a clear case of suicide, and yet there seems to be no motive. It is known that he wrote a letter a few minutes before his death and that the letter was posted by the maid. The police work on the theory that the letter may hold the clue-the hidden motive. The press believe that in exposing the secret lives of the dead man and his wife, the truthful reasons for his shuffling off will out. The police must discover a motive. The press must...
Thanking you for your valuable space I remain A Maid...
...Note: "Biddy" is listed in standard dictionaries, and according to the definitions given is in no sense a disparaging term for "maid". Certainly no disparagement was intended...
Eugenie Leontovich in the part of a pseudo-Baroness is both vivacious and amusing. Moreover, when her real identity as a maid is discovered, she enters into the spirit of the rather vulgar domestic with equal zest. Reginald Owen as an authentic prince is thoroughly royal in the decadent sense of the word. He has his amours, his noblesse oblige, and a sense of humor that fits very well with the American conception of prince-lings on continuous leave. Alan Mowbray as Josef, the valet, is a thoroughly snobbish servant of the more malignant variety. The burden of the comedy...