Word: ap
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...talent.* No matter what players tread the Guild's stage, stardom is avoided. Names are not posted in lights outside the theatre or in large type in the programs. There are no solo bows, no bows at all until the end of the play, when the entire cast ap pears. Emphasis is on the play, with known and unknown actors striving and sharing alike except as to salary. The result of these policies, maintained by hard work and patience, has been the discovery of the fact that the U. S., including the hinterland, will clap hands for fine drama...
...every barrel of refined oil and gasoline. Unsentimental businessmen rose to curse him with the charge that he was inflicting the state with a manufacturers' tax which would drive industry out of Louisiana. The Long oil tax caused the impeachment explosion. He was charged with: 1) Using his ap pointive power to control the courts; 2) Attempting to bribe legislators with patronage promises; 3) Employing the militia to loot and pillage private property; 4) Carrying concealed weapons; 5) Deporting himself scandalously at a New Orleans "studio" party; 6) Demolishing the Executive Mansion and disposing of its furniture; 7) Putting...
...distinguished, curly-haired Myron Timothy Herrick started life on a farm in Huntington, Ohio. His first real job was peddling lightning rods, parlor organs and dinner bells to farmer-neighbors. In 1903 he was elected Governor of the state; his Lieutenant-Governor was convivial Warren Gamaliel Harding. Ap- pointed Ambassador to France by President Taft, some trick of fate made the tall, handsome Ohioan look more Parisian than most boulevard flaneurs. The French took him to their hearts. Never a retiring violet, his theatrical sense of diplomacy made him a hero on three occasions...
Banker Morgan. Since the House of Morgan has deep, traditional roots in England, young "Jack" served his ap prenticeship in the city of biggest banks - London. There are no less than five British banks ("The Big Five") bigger than any in the U. S.- Midland Bank, Ltd., Lloyds Bank, Ltd., Barclay's Bank, Ltd., Westminster Bank, Ltd., National Provincial Bank...
...mere pittance of 40 guineas ($200) a week, the Crown will rent sumptuous Craigwell House, in Aldwick Village near Bognor-on-Sea. A private beach, an electric organ, a private cinema-theatre, and hot & cold running salt & fresh water will be at His Majesty's disposal. Ap propriately enough, the owner is Sir Arthur Du Cros, President of Dunlop, Ltd., famed tyre makers, vaunters of the slogan: "As British As The Flag!" Dyspeptic persons addicted to taking Beecham's Pills espe cially rejoiced, last week, for Sir Arthur is also a director of "Beecham...