Suddenly there was a commotion upstairs, a despairing boyish shriek, and the strains of the waltz faltered and died as the musicians and guests gaped at an apparition descending the marble staircase.

For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a few honored newcomers, then the `` open house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door.

It was her job to stand at the foot of the stairs, and, just as the First Lady stepped off the last tread, Mama would straighten out her long train before she marched to the Blue Room to greet her guests with the President.

She had stood at the bottom of the stairs, as usual, when Mrs. Coolidge came down, in the same dress that is now in the Smithsonian, to greet her guests.

Lewis, at the head of the table, would leap up and move around behind the chairs of his guests making remarks that, when not highly offensive, were at least highly inappropriate, and then presently he collapsed and was put to bed.

The Louisiana city is known, of course, for its fine food, good music and its colorful hospitality `` and, when guests arrive at Philmont that night '', says Mrs. Grinsfelder, `` that is exactly what we expect to offer them.

There will be a large drawing of a sunbonnet girl with eyes that flash at the guests.

When Dr. W. A. Swim celebrated his 75th birthday at the Wilshire Country Club, guests came by chartered plane from all over the country.

A flight originating in Florida picked up guests on the East Coast and Midwest and a plane left from Seattle taking on passengers at West Coast points.

At 4 p.m. the President left the White House to welcome the young musicians, students from the ages of 12 to 18 who spend six weeks at the Brevard Music Center summer camp, and to greet the 325 crippled, cardiac and blind children from the District area who were special guests at the concert.

More recent researchers, in particular Ronald Willis and Joy Munns have studied the tour in detail and concluded that the presentation was made after a private cricket match played over Christmas 1882 when the English team were guests of Sir William Clarke, at his property " Rupertswood ", in Sunbury, Victoria.

In the West the Rule of St Benedict appointed him a separate table, at which he might entertain guests and strangers.

While Alexander was waiting for his guests to arrive, he stood by a window, watching a group of boys at play on the seashore below the house.

Anglican Benedictine Abbots are invited guests of the Benedictine Abbot Primate in Rome at Abbatial gatherings at Sant ' Anselmo.

Mrs. Walsh invited 50 guests to her home at noon on a Sunday.

He is interred in the Hietzing cemetery in Vienna beside his wife Alwine Dollfuss ( d. 1973 ) and two of his children, Hannerl and Eva, all of whom were in Italy as guests of Rachele Mussolini at the time of his death, an event which saw Mussolini himself shed some tears over his slain ally.

We are like travellers at an inn, or guests at a stranger's table ; whatever is offered we take with thankfulness, and sometimes, when the turn comes, we may refuse ; in the former case we are a worthy guest of the gods, and in the latter we appear as a sharer in their power.

Exterior shots of guests arriving for the funeral were filmed in Thurrock, Essex overlooking the River Thames with the backdrop of the Dartford River Crossing and at stately homes in Bedfordshire ( Luton Hoo for wedding two reception ) and Hampshire.

While saying his vows, Ross uses the wrong name at the altar ( Rachel's ), to the shock of his bride and the guests.

A room at a theater where actors rest when not onstage, or a room at a television studio where guests wait before going on-camera.

Then, and only then, with the Jacksons and Dan as their true guests of honor, did the Harrows take time to catch up on the news.

Anita put out the remaining candles with a long snuffer, and in the smell of scented candlewick, the comforting awareness of each other's bodies, the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered, their minds grew numb and then empty of images.

All the women got up and offered their chairs, and when they were all seated again, the guests made their inquiries and their explanations.

We also worked out logistics for Sunday afternoon swimmers who arrive two hours early with their weekend guests while we are still enjoying an alfresco lunch en famille.

In addition to the bundles, guests pay the cost of their dinners.

More than 250 Scottish Rite Masons and guests gathered in their House of the Temple to pay tribute to their most prominent leader, Albert Pike, who headed the Scottish Rite from 1859 to 1891.

For he had just remembered: tonight they were having their first guests.

When abbots dined in their own private hall, the Rule of St Benedict charged them to invite their monks to their table, provided there was room, on which occasions the guests were to abstain from quarrels, slanderous talk and idle gossiping.

The BBC Radio programme, Desert Island Discs, in which guests usually choose their favourite songs, has heard 45 participants select a Dylan Thomas recording.

Due both to the distractions of their house guests and the films they were involved with, Crimewave and Josh Becker's Thou Shalt Not Kill ...

Ninth, the chefs paid close attention to the dietary needs of their guests through their dishes.

In front of the king's guests, Hop-Frog murders them all by setting their costumes on fire before escaping with Trippetta .”

Hosts commonly serve mezedes to their guests at informal or impromptu get-togethers as they are easy to prepare on short notice.

Hotel rooms are usually numbered ( or named in some smaller hotels and B & Bs ) to allow guests to identify their room.

This was followed by a handful of East Coast shows as guests of their longtime friends The Beach Boys.

Additionally, guests are periodically given additional rewards by way of free items added to their loyalty card electronically.

Downey's fans became known as " Loudmouths ," patterned after the studio lecterns decorated with gaping cartoon mouths, from which Downey's guests would go head-to-head against each other on their respective issues.

At a masquerade ball, guests wear masks to conceal their identities.

The police and guests escape through a window, while Wadsworth attempts to make a getaway in a police squad car, only to hear the growling of a Doberman Pinscher from the backseat.

Duncan attempts to divert guests to the scenic elevators as an alternate escape route.

A bungled escape from the Moon brings the trio back to ( and beneath ) the Earth, where the Roman God Vulcan hosts his guests with courtesy and Albrecht is found.

As other guests begin dying one by one, Laura must solve the numerous crimes occurring before the culprits escape or kill her.

Walter Spies with Angelica Archipenko circa 1930After living for nine years at the confluence of two rivers in Campuan ( Ubud ), Spies grew weary of his increasingly hectic social life, and retired to the tranquil mountain retreat that was to become the setting of some of his most beautiful and atmospheric paintings, including " Iseh im Morgenlicht 1938 " Despite his desire to escape from a constant stream of visitors, Spies still used to receive guests at Iseh, including the musician Colin McPhee and his wife, anthropologist Jane Belo, the Swiss artist Theo Meier and the Austrian novelist Vicki Baum.

The theme of the restaurant is of a lodge / wilderness setting and they try to provide guests with an escape to simpler times.

Thidwick attempts to outrun the hunters, but the heavy load, coupled with his guests ' unwillingness to travel across the lake, prevents his escape.

After the alien menaces the audience for a moment, it is revealed to be sentient and desires to escape it's captors and free the guests as well.

The X-S scientists respond by trying to destroy the test chamber and leave no evidence, but the alien holds off their weaponry, raises the restraints allowing the guests to escape.

There is no escape ..... Your end shall be my beginning ..... Behold your fate ...." Then the ride catapults guests at speeds up to 40 mph in virtual darkness as Imhotep states: " Your souls are mine!

Lt. D ' Agosta finds a radio and orders Hollingsworth to lead the trapped museum guests to an old coal tunnel that will allow them to escape.