Word: charming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...class by herself is Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Theodore Roosevelt's daughter, wife of the Speaker of the House. Every Washington door is gladly open to her for her wit and charm. She moves freely through all sets, but her own parties are small, select, intellectualized- except for Mr. Longworth's stories...
...brief, "All the King's Men" is a play, excellently presented, which while it does not make its audience reach for the handkerchief to wipe away tears either of sympathy or of laughter, nevertheless supplies just enough of both comedy and charm to keep each fresh, and afford at the same time a very pleasant evening's entertainment...
...visionary prospect until one considers the influence of the talkies in the far and near sections of the world. The younger set in the Fiji Islands, for example, are certain to become vitally interested in English upon beholding the magic of the silver screen and listening to the soft charm of the Hollywood talkies' silver tongue. The world flooded with English language talkies certainly presents a beautiful prospect for the Anglomaniac...
Florenz Ziegfeld has written the preface to "Secrets of Charm", by Josephine Huddleston, which Putnam's have published this week. The book is having its premiere at the first annual National Beauty Show which is being held at Grand Central Palace. New York City, March 27 April 3, where Miss Huddleston is Official Mistress of Ceremonies for the week...
...adage concerning the golden virtues of silence might be well enough in its place, but such a policy loses its charm when it is adopted by those who are in charge of announcing the time of examinations. In the present April hours there have been many courses in which were given no other than class room notices, and in some cases these were changed at various times so that unless the class was regularly attended, the student was, "out of luck", to use the words of an instructor...