Word: bellsing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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In the Griffiths family, the father preaches on the streets, the mother slaves at a mission, the daughter is seduced by a flashy actor, the son hops bells in the big hotel. This son, Clyde, is our hero.
Fool's Bells sounded as though it might be something. There were good actors, and A. E. Thomas, who has done successful plays before now, wrote it. It was something. It was something terrible.
Those who have accused Mr. John D. Rockefeller Jr. of inconsiderateness, selfishness, because the loud though melodious tones of the carillon which he donated to the Park Avenue Baptist Church disturbed their holiday slumbers (TIME, Dec. 7) do not number among them August Heckscher, philanthropist. Moved to characteristic benignancy by...
Carol, "Christmas Bells," Osgood.
"These huge buildings act as acoustic devices badly placed, so that the tones of the bells do not fall unobstructed or without echoes on the ears of the listeners. It must be remembered that this is the largest carillon in the world- the greatest volume of sound ever sent forth...