Word: beacons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Solemn Jubilee. Mr. Dawes sat on the platform of the Old North Church near two lighted lanterns. Introduced by Mrs. Pauline Revere Thayer, he rose to pronounce an oration on two beacon-lights: The Constitution, The New England Character...
...valley? The ebbing away of blood in the human body has no more marked a relation to its welfare than the disintegration of character has upon a people. In the coming century, American civilization must meet its highest test-the test of whether or not it has followed those beacon lights of personal character which our New England forbears lifted on high for the guidance of our people...
...from Harvard University," Professor McDougall continued. "Many members of the faculty have already been invited to join, and undergraduates who have a sincere, scientific interest in psychic research may be considered for election by submitting their names to the office of the Boston Society which is located at 346 Beacon Street, Boston...
...inevitable sophisticated character who is always getting off some witty, or otherwise remark, announces, "Everybody nowadays is an ass; stupid, stubborn, uncaring, unheeding--animals--asses." Among the other "asses" are the typical athlete, the disillusioned war veteran with an inferiority complex, and several women, ladies and otherwise, varying from Beacon Street to manicure parlor types...
LADY SUFFOLK AND HER CIRCLE-Lewis Melville - Houghton Mifflin' ($5.00). The light which this book diffuses on the dark ages of the early Georges shines like a beacon upon a dismal barren island. Lady Suffolk, Mistress of George II, is the lady of the lamp. In 40 letters upon which the author has based his work, she gives some choice sidelights on the social life of the time; and the author in his turn has been able to embellish them with many an observation drawn from his immense knowledge of the period. The reader learns that George...