Word: boxful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Prince himself was there in a box directly behind the auctioneer's desk. The night before he had paid a surprise visit to the stable, stopped at each stall for a last look and pat. He lingered longest at the stall of Miss Muffet, his favorite hunter. Afterward he had stopped in at the local British Legion ball and danced with the wife of his stud groom...
Through it all, save for applause, the audience sat still as pins. Once, high in a box, a little dog barked until his mistress had to take him outside. He was not a common little dog, however. He was a little dog who has attended many a concert. His barking was certainly not laughter "to see such sport." He was really excited. His name is Picciu. His mistress is Madame Toscanini...
...Give it to 'em!" was the answer. The garage became a thunder-box of explosions...
...stupid one, is always disagreeable. It is especially disagreeable when dished out to the public with an indigestible sugar-coating of Art. But although propaganda has spoiled for the U. S. public many pictures which, wildly praised by some critics for their scenic effects, were merely soap-box communism, propaganda does not spoil this story of a governor with a conscience...
...rates second with 6%. Big centres like Manhattan and Chicago, despite their great opportunities, pull down the average with less than 1% attendance. Of the larger cities, Boston, according to Manager Engles, is most genuinely musical. He described Boston as "one of the few cities which places musicianship above box-office appeal...